Management of the Semi-Natural Matrix

Abstract

Table of Contents Introduction 1 Pt. I Causes and Processes of Landscape Fragmentation 1 Biodiversity and Human Intervention During the Last 11,000 Years in North-Central Chile 7 2 Beyond Malthus and Perverse Incentives: Economic Globalization, Forest Conversion and Habitat Fragmentation 19 3 Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity in Central Amazonia 33 4 Climatic and Human Influences on Fire Regimes in Temperate Forest Ecosystems in North and South America 49 5 Natural Versus Anthropogenic Sources of Amazonian Biodiversity: the Continuing Quest for El Dorado 89 Pt. II Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Fragmentation 6 Bees Not to Be? Responses of Insect Pollinator Faunas and Flower Pollination to Habitat Fragmentation 111 7 Implications of Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics to the Genetic Analysis of Fragmentation 131 8 Forest Fragmentation, Plant Regeneration and Invasion Processes Across Edges in Central Chile 145 9 The Ecological Consequences of a Fragmentation-Mediated Invasion: The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile, in Southern California 161 Pt. III Ecosystem Fragmentation: Theory, Methods, and Implications for Conservation 10 A Review and Synthesis of Conceptual Frameworks for the Study of Forest Fragmentation 183 11 Reflections on Landscape Experiments and Ecological Theory: Tools for the Study of Habitat Fragmentation 201 12 Spatial Autocorrelation, Dispersal and the Maintenance of Source-Sink Populations 225 13 Patch Dynamics, Habitat Degradation and Space in Metapopulations 239 14 How Much Functional Redundancy Is Out There, or, Are We Willing to Do Away with Potential Backup Species? 255 15 Predicting Distributions of South American Migrant Birds in Fragmented Environments: A Possible Approach Based on Climate 263 16 Habitat Heterogeneity on a Forest-Savanna Ecotone in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Santa Cruz, Bolivia): Implications for the Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity in a Changing Climate 285 17 Bandages for Wounded Landscapes: Faunal Corridors and Their Role in Wildlife Conservation in the Americas 313 18 Management of the Semi-Natural Matrix 327 19 Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas Synthesis and Final Reflections 345 Subject Index 355