This book explores the implications to management of present scientific knowledge on rain forest regeneration. Subsidiary aims are to identify gaps in information and understanding in respect to both scientific hypotheses and the needs of management, and to explore directions for future collaborative research and action. The text will help bridge the gap between the sciences associated with the wet tropics and on-the-ground management. It is based on thematic reviews, complemented by case studies.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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978-1-85070-261-0 (9781850702610)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 The management of natural topical forests: deforestation in the tropics; different perceptions of tropical forest management; the human factor; silvicultural systems, regeneration and forest management; knowledge of the species; non-governmental organizations in forest management. Part 2 Tropical reviews: diagnosis of the temperment of tropical rain forest trees; tropical rain forest dynamics and its implications for management; reproductive biology and genetics of tropical forest trees in relation to conservation and management; aspects of tropical seed ecology of relevance to management of tropical forested wildlands; nutrient cycling processes and tropical forest management; tropical rain forest management: a status report. Part 3 Case studies. Part 4 In guise of a conclusion.
