Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins: Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of Land Use and Conservation

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation — an introduction....Pages 1-8
Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications for conservation....Pages 9-35
Moths at tropical forest margins — how mega-diverse insect assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery....Pages 37-58
Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from the Neo- and Afrotropics....Pages 59-85
Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics....Pages 87-106
Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO 2 efflux rates under different land-use types in Central Panama....Pages 107-129
Forest structure as influenced by different types of community forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 131-146
Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins....Pages 147-163
From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi....Pages 165-178
Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin — a choice experiment approach....Pages 179-206
Forest Products and Household Incomes: Evidence from Rural Households Living in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi....Pages 207-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Shaded coffee and the stability of rainforest margins in northern Latin America....Pages 225-261
Economic evaluation of ecosystem services as a basis for stabilizing rainforest margins? The example of pollination services and pest management in coffee landscapes....Pages 263-276
Insect diversity responses to forest conversion and agroforestry management....Pages 277-294
Plant diversity in homegardens in a socio-economic and agro-ecological context....Pages 295-317
Tree species diversity relative to human land uses in tropical rain forest margins in Central Sulawesi....Pages 319-332
Alternatives to slash-and-burn in forest-based fallow systems of the eastern Brazilian Amazon region: Technology and policy options to halt ecological degradation and improve rural welfare....Pages 333-361
Protected Area Management and Local Benefits — A case study from Madagascar....Pages 363-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Potentials to reduce deforestation by enhancing the technical efficiency of crop production in forest margin areas....Pages 389-414
Migration and ethnicity as cultural impact factors on land use change in the rainforest margins of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 415-434
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
From global to regional scale: Remote sensing-based concepts and methods for mapping land-cover and land-cover change in tropical regions....Pages 435-460
Effects of land-use change on matter and energy exchange between ecosystems in the rain forest margin and the atmosphere....Pages 461-490
Science and technology and sustainable development in Brazilian Amazon....Pages 491-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-513