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Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environments for human occupation, and their remoteness (except in places near Andean high mountain settlements and in the Ethiopian Highlands) and difficult terrain have given them de facto protection. The ad jacent upper montane rain forests have indeed been under assault for timber, fuelwood, and for conversion to grazing and agriculture for many decades, even centuries in the Andes, but true cloud forest has only come under ex ploitation as these lower elevational resources have disappeared. They have also been "nibbled" at from above where there have been alpine grasslands under grazing pressure. Increasingly now, however, these cloud forest eco systems are being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed at an alarming rate. It is now becoming recognized that steps must be taken rapidly to increase our understanding of TMCF and to achieve their conservation, because: their water-capture function is extremely important to society; • their species endemism is high; they serve as refugia for endangered species being marginalized in these environments by increasingly transformed lower elevation ecosystems; they are relatively little studied; yet, their value to science is extremely high; they have low resilience to disturbance; vii viii Preface and many other reasons, which will be discussed subsequently in this publi cation.
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Genre |
: Science |
Author |
: Lawrence S. Hamilton |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
File |
: 425 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781461225003 |
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Genre |
: Science |
Author |
: Lawrence S. Hamilton |
Publisher |
: Springer Verlag |
Release |
: 1995 |
File |
: 407 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0387943234 |
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This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 72 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate change impacts, and cloud forest conservation, management, and restoration. The final chapter presents a major synthesis by some of the world's leading cloud forest researchers, which summarizes our current knowledge and considers the sustainability of these forests in an ever-changing world. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning cloud forest occurrence and status, as well as the biological and hydrological value of these unique forests. The presentation is academic but with a firm practical emphasis. It will serve as a core reference for academic researchers and students of environmental science and ecology, as well as practitioners (natural resources management, forest conservation) and decision makers at local, national, and international levels.
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: Science |
Author |
: L. A. Bruijnzeel |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Release |
: 2011-01-06 |
File |
: 768 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521760356 |
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: Science |
Author |
: Norma Salinas |
Publisher |
: Frontiers Media SA |
Release |
: 2021-09-24 |
File |
: 119 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9782889713639 |
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Genre |
: Cloud forest conservation |
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: |
Release |
: 200? |
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: Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:60750376 |
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Genre |
: Forest ecology |
Author |
: Thomas Stadtmüller |
Publisher |
: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE |
Release |
: 1987 |
File |
: 88 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 928080670X |
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Genre |
: Cloud forest ecology |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 1997 |
File |
: 20 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MINN:31951P00516361C |
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: |
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: C. Doumenge |
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: |
Release |
: 1993 |
File |
: 18 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:1181991710 |
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This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 72 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate change impacts, and cloud forest conservation, management, and restoration. The final chapter presents a major synthesis by some of the world's leading cloud forest researchers, which summarizes our current knowledge and considers the sustainability of these forests in an ever-changing world. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning cloud forest occurrence and status, as well as the biological and hydrological value of these unique forests. The presentation is academic but with a firm practical emphasis. It will serve as a core reference for academic researchers and students of environmental science and ecology, as well as practitioners (natural resources management, forest conservation) and decision makers at local, national, and international levels.
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: Science |
Author |
: L. A. Bruijnzeel |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Release |
: 2011-01-06 |
File |
: 793 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781139494557 |
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: |
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: Mark Aldrich |
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: |
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: Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:1125901851 |