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Title:

Tropical deforestation and species extinction / edited by T.C. Whitmore and J.A. Sayer.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Chapman & Hall,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xix, 153 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Extinction (Biology)--Tropics--Congresses.
Deforestation--Tropics--Congresses.
Forest biodiversity conservation--Tropics--Congresses.
Rain forest conservation--Congresses.
Ecology--Forests--Ecology

Other Authors:

Whitmore, T. C. (Timothy Charles)
Sayer, Jeffrey.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. General Assembly (18th : 1990 : Perth, W.A.)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Ecology.
IUCN Forest Conservation Programme.

Notes:

Papers presented at a workshop held during the 18th General Assembly of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 1990 in Perth, Australia. "The IUCN Commission on Ecology, the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Deforestation and species extinction in tropical moist forests / T.C. Whitmore and J.A. Sayer -- Species conservation in managed tropical forests / A.D. Johns -- How many species will there be? / W.V. Reid -- Do species-area curves predict extinction in fragmented forest? / D. Simberloff -- Species extinctions in tropical forests / V.H. Heywood and S.N. Stuart -- Habitat alteration and species loss in Brazilian forests / K.S. Brown Jr. and G.G. Brown -- The influence of deforestation and selective logging operations on plant diversity in Papua New Guinea / R.J. Johns.

ISBN:

9780412455209
041245520X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)24871132

LCCN:

91040253

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)