"Lessons from Amazonia: The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest" edited by Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. et al. 2001. [book review]

Abstract

Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Prologue / Eneas Salati -- pt. I. Theory and Overview. 1. The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: Overview and History of a Long-Term Conservation Project / Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. and Claude Gascon. 2. A Theoretical Overview of the Processes Determining Species Richness in Forest Fragments / Og Desouza, Jose H. Schoereder and Valerie Brown / [and others]. 3. Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon / Claude Gascon, Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. and William F. Laurance / [and others]. 4. The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: The Study Site, Experimental Design, and Research Activity / Claude Gascon and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. -- pt. II. Forest Ecology and Genetics. 5. The Hyper-Diverse Flora of the Central Amazon: An Overview / William F. Laurance. 6. Lecythidaceae of a Central Amazonian Lowland Forest: Implications for Conservation / Scott A. Mori, Peter Becker and Dwight Kincaid. 7. Tree Age Structure in Tropical Forests of Central Amazonia / Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Tim van Eldik and John Southon / [and others]. 8. The Genetics of Rare Tropical Trees: Implications for Conservation of a Demographically Heterogeneous Group / Nadja Lepsch-Cunha, Claude Gascon and Paulo Kageyama -- pt. III. Fragmentation Effects. 9. Deforestation Effects at the Edge of an Amazonian Forest Fragment: Tree Mortality, Damage, and Recruitment / Judy M. Rankin-De Merona and Roger W. Hutchings H. 10. Effects of Landscape Fragmentation on Palm Communities / Aldicir Scariot. 11. Regeneration in Tropical Rainforest Fragments / Julieta Benitez-Malvido. 12. Habitat Change, African Honeybees, and Fecundity in the Amazonian Tree Dinizia excelsa (Fabaceae) / Christopher W. Dick. 13. Fragmentation and Plant Communities: Synthesis and Implications for Landscape Management / William F. Laurance. 14. Drosophilid Fruit-Fly Guilds in Forest Fragments / Marlucia B. Martins. 15. Local Extinction Risks and Asynchronies: The Evidence for a Metapopulation Dynamics of a Social Spider, Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae) / Eduardo M. Venticinque and Harold G. Fowler. 16. Landscape Modifications and Ant Communities / Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Karine S. Carvalho and Jacques H.C. Delabie. 17. Stingless Bees (Meliponini) and Orchid Bees (Euglossini) in Terra Firme Tropical Forests and Forest Fragments / Marcio Luiz de Oliveira. 18. The Implications of Changing Invertebrate Abundance Patterns for Insectivorous Vertebrates in Fragmented Forest in Central Amazonia / Raphael K. Didham. 19. Community Composition and Breeding Success of Amazonian Frogs in Continuous Forest and Matrix Habitat Aquatic Sites / Mandy D. Tocher, Claude Gascon and Joel Meyer. 20. Conservation Recommendations for Understory Birds in Amazonian Forest Fragments and Second-Growth Areas / Philip C. Stouffer and Sergio H. Borges. 21. Primates in a Fragmented Landscape: Six Species in Central Amazonia / Kellen A. Gilbert and Eleonore Z.F. Setz. 22. The Brown Capuchin Monkey (Cebus apella): Ecology and Home Range Requirements in Central Amazonia / Wilson R. Spironello -- pt. IV. Management Guidelines. 23. Soil and Development in Amazonia: Lessons from the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project / Philip M. Fearnside and Niwton Leal Filho. 24. Forest Restoration in Abandoned Pastures of Central Amazonia / Gislene Ganade. 25. Effects of Fire on Rainforest Regeneration in the Amazon Basin / G. Bruce Williamson and Rita C.G. Mesquita. 26. Selective Logging in the Brazilian Amazon: Its Relationship to Deforestation and the International Tropical Hardwood Market / Niro Higuchi. 27. Extending Models of Edge Effects to Diverse Landscape Configurations, with a Test Case from the Neotropics / Jay R. Malcolm. 28. Characterizing the Changing Spatial Structure of the Landscape / Miles G. Logsdon, Valerie Kapos and John B. Adams -- pt. V. Synthesis. 29. Principles of Forest Fragmentation and Conservation in the Amazon / Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., William F. Laurance and Claude Gascon / [et al.].