Stork

Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape

Herausgeber: Stork, Nigel; Turton, Stephen M

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Produktbeschreibung

Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape is a compendium of current knowledge of the so-called "Wet Tropics" landscapes of Northeast Australia. These forested landscapes are home to a high proportion of the continent's species and ecosystems, and have a special significance both nationally and internationally, recognized through World Heritage status granted to the region in 1988. The Wet Tropics forests of Australia face many of the major threats that other tropical forests around the world are experiencing. Like many of these areas, sustainable management has been hindered by a lack of baseline and applied research. This book reflects the multidisciplinary outcomes focused approach taken by the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre, a partnership of research providers, including universities and CSIRO, and stakeholders including all levels of government, the tourism industry, conservation sector, and local communities including indigenous people. The book is presented in six sections with summaries by international luminaries who have placed the chapters in a global context. Social, cultural and economic dimensions are discussed, providing a holistic view of tropical landscape environments. Bringing together a wealth of scientific findings and indigenous ecological knowledge, this book will be of great global interest to a wide range of readers including students, scientists, policy makers and natural resource managers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 224mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 2073g
• ISBN-13: 9781405156431
• ISBN-10: 1405156430
• Artikelnr.: 22739531

Autorenporträt

Nigel Stork is Head of School of Resource Management and Geography and Head of the Burnley Campus at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Formerly the CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management and Founder of the Australian Canopy Crane, he has studied tropical forest ecology and insect diversity in many tropical regions of the world with particular interest in the magnitude and decline of global biodiversity. Stephen Turton is Professor and Executive Director of the Australian Tropical Forest Institute at Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Previously, he was Director of Research for the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre. His research and teaching interests include tropical climatology, rainforest ecology, urban ecology, recreation ecology and natural resource management.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Peter H. Raven.
Introduction. Stork & Turton.
1. Australian forests in a global context. Stork & Turton.
SECTION 1: HISTORY AND BIODIVERSITY OF THE WET TROPICS - LEAD EDITOR NIGEL
STORK.
2. The synoptic meteorology of high rainfalls and the storm run-off
response in the Wet Tropics. Bonell & Callaghan.
3. Impacts of tropical cyclones on forests in the Wet Tropics of Australia.
Turton & Stork.
4. Aboriginal cultures in the Wet Tropics. Pannell .
5. European settlement and its impact on the Wet Tropics region. David
Turton .
6. The establishment of a World Heritage Area. Valentine & Hill.
7. The nature of rainforest tourism: Insights from a tourism social science
research program. Philip L. Pearce.
8. The dynamic forest landscape of the Australian Wet Tropics: Present,
past and future. David W. Hilbert.
9. Floristics and plant biodiversity of the rainforests of the Wet Tropics.
Metcalfe & Ford.
10. Towards an understanding of vertebrate biodiversity in the Australian
Wet Tropics. Williams et al .
11. Origins and maintenance of freshwater fish biodiversity in the Wet
Tropics region. Pusey et al .
12. Diversity of invertebrates in Wet Tropics streams: Patterns and
processes. Connolly et al .
13. The invertebrate fauna of the Wet Tropics: Diversity, endemism and
relationships. Yeates & Monteith.
14. International Perspective: Future of biodiversity in the Wet Tropics.
Kikkawa .
SECTION 2: ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND OTHER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - LEAD EDITOR
NIGEL STORK.
15. Hydrological processes in the tropical rainforests of Australia.
McJannet et al.
16. Seed dispersal processes in Australia's tropical rainforests. Westcott
et al.
17. Floral morphology, phenology and pollination in the Wet Tropics.
Boulter et al.
18. Services and disservices from insects in agricultural landscapes of the
Atherton Tableland. Cunningham & Blanche.
19. Economic approaches to the value of tropical rainforests. Curtis .
20. International Perspectives: Ecological processes and ecosystem services
in the Wet Tropics. Wright .
SECTION 3: THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES OF THE WET TROPICS - LEAD
EDITOR STEVE TURTON.
21. Impacts of climate variability and climate change on the Wet Tropics of
North Eastern Australia. Balston .
22. The impact of climate change on the biodiversity and ecosystem
functions of the Wet Tropics. Williams et al.
23.Impacts of habitat fragmentation and linear clearings on Australian
rainforest biota. Laurance & M. Goosem.
24. Invasive weeds in the Wet Tropics. S. Goosem.
25. Vertebrate pests of the Wet Tropics bioregion: Current Status and
Future Trends. Congdon & Harrison .
26. Applications of high resolution remote sensing in rainforest ecology
and management. Gillieson et al .
27. Environmental impacts of tourism and recreation in the Wet Tropics.
Turton & Stork .
28. International Perspective: Conservation research in the Australian Wet
Tropics. Laurance .
SECTION 4: LIVING IN A WORLD HERITAGE AREA - LEAD EDITOR STEVE TURTON.
29. The Wet Tropics conservation strategy: Conservation in a community
context. Clarke.
30. Cultural landscapes in the Wet Tropics. Pannell .
31. Encountering a World Heritage Landscape: Community and visitor
perspectives and experiences. Bentrupperbäumer & Reser .
32. Integrating effort for regional natural resource outcomes: the Wet
Tropics experience. Dale et al .
33. "Getting the mob in": Indigenous initiatives in a new era of NRM in
Australia. Pannell .
34. Framing and researching the impacts of visitation and use in protected
areas. Reser & Bentrupperbäumer.
35. Linking cultural and natural diversity of global significance to
vibrant economies. Hill .
36. Rethinking road ecology. M. Goosem.
37. International Perspective: Living in a World Heritage Landscape.
McNeely .
SECTION 5: RESTORING TROPICAL FOREST LANDSCAPES - LEAD EDITOR NIGEL STORK.
38. Forest restoration at a landscape scale. Lamb & Erskine.
39. Restoration in north Queensland: Recent advances in the science and
practice of tropical rainforest restoration. Tucker .
40. Rainforest restoration for biodiversity and the production of timber.
Wardell-Johnson et al .
41. Biodiversity and new forests: interacting processes, prospects and
pitfalls of rainforest restoration. Catterall et al .
42. Monitoring the outcomes of reforestation for biodiversity conservation.
Kanowski et al.
43. The future for forest-based industries in the Wet Tropics. Harrison &
Herbohn .
44. International Perspective: Restoring tropical forest landscapes:
restoring what and for whom? Sayer .
SECTION 6 SCIENCE INFORMING POLICY AND CONSERVATION AND MAMAGENMENT OF
TROPICAL FORESTS - LEAD EDITOR NIGEL STORK.
45. Catchment to reef: Water quality and ecosystem health in tropical
streams. Pearson & Stork.
46. A preliminary assessment of priority areas for plant biodiversity
conservation in the Wet Tropics bioregion. K. Williams et al.
47. New tools for monitoring World Heritage values. Phinn .
48. Rainforest science and its application. Goosem .
49. Lessons for other tropical forest landscapes. Stork et al.
Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Index

Rezensionen

"This book should be on the shelves of every university library,certainly in Australia and arguably
in the world. Every rainforest research scientist, natural resourcemanagement and local government
organization in theWet Tropics should have a copy in the office; itis comprehensive and essential." (Austral Ecology, 2011)

"Any biologist or conservation manager interested in tropicalforests cannot overlook this book, and will find
much of interest and value. Entomologists and naturalists planningto visit northern Queensland will benefit from the perspective itgives, in a synthesis of lasting value which-I hope-will be afurther stimulus to conservation of thisunique suite ofecosystems." (Zentralblatt Math, 2010)

"There is probably no other volume that provides such a holisticand comprehensive perspective on the science, management, people,and economics of a tropical landscape."( The QuarterlyReview of Biology , September 2009)

"A comprehensive compendium of research information ... .Thereal value of this book is all the information it gives for futuresustainable management and conservation of the wet tropics."(Biologist, November 2008)"...editors Nigel Stork and Steve Turton ask whether there arelessons from the Australian Wet Tropics that can be appliedelsewhere? There certainly are! ...This book takes a uniquelycomprehensive and therefore exemplary holistic approach tolandscape science and sustainable management, and is a valuablecontribution that will certainly attract interest throughout theworld."
-Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden