People and the tropical forest: A research report from the United States Man and the Biosphere Program

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
1987
Contributors Editor: Ariel E. Lugo
Editor: John J. Ewel
Editor: Susanna B. Hecht
Editor: Peter G. Murphy
Editor: Christine Padoch
Editor: Marianne C. Schmink
Editor: Donald Stone
Secondary Title
Man and the Biosphere Program Project
Number of Pages
75
Date Published
01/1987
Publisher
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program, Tropical and Subtropical Forests Directorate
City
Washington, DC
Language
English
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Call Number
S 1.2:P 39/2
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Contents:

  • Human Ecology and Agroforestry
  • People and the Palm Forest: Biology and Utilization of Babassu Forests in Maranhao, Brazil (A.B. Anderson, E.S. Anderson, and J.J. Ewel)
  • Swidden-Fallow Agroforestry, Iquitos, Peru (W.M. Denevan, C. Padoch, and S. Flores Paitan)
  • A study of a Bornean System of Intensive Agriculture as a Model for Development (C. Padoch)
  • A Study of Relationships Between Mbuti Hunting Systems and Faunal Resources in the lturi Forest of Zaire (J.A. Hart and G.A. Petrides)
  • lnteractions Between People and Forests in East Kalimantan, lndonesia (A.P. Vayda)
  • Shifting Cultivation and Patch Dynamics in an Upland Forest in East Kalimantan, lndonesia (A.P. Vayda)
  • Development of Economic Theory and Methodology for Evaluating Non-Market Values of Tropical Forests (C.F. Jordan, E.G. Farnworth, T.H. Tidrick, and W.M. Smathers); General Ecology
  • A Comparison of Driving Forces and System Response of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries (L.A. Deegan, J.W. Day, Jr., and J.G. Gosselink)
  • General Hydrology and Water Quality in Eastern Caribbean lslands (A.E. Lugo and P.L. Diaz)
  • The Role of Epiphytes in the Nutrient Cycles of Two Rain Forest Ecosystems (C.C. Grier and N.M. Nadkarni)
  • Regeneration and Growth Strategies of Brosimum alicastrum Sw. in the Moist Tropical Forests of Mexico (C.M. Peters)
  • Potential Productive Capacity of Abandoned Pasture Lands in the Brazilian Amazon (C. Uhl and R. Buschbacher)
  • Tropical Dry Forests of Northern Australia: Structure, Recovery, and the Conflict of Human lnterests (P.A. Werner, P.G. Murphy, and M. Scott)
  • Forestry
  • Comparison of Plantations and Natural Forests in Puerto Rico (A.E. Lugo and L.H. Liegel)
  • Forester's Guide to the Moraceae of Sarawak, East Malaysia (R.B. Primack and P. Ashton)
  • Conflict of Human lnterests in the lturi Forest of Zaire: lmplications for Forest Survival (T.B. Hart and P.G. Murphy)
  • Comparison of Wood Productivity Between Tropical Second-Growth Forests and Plantation Forests (C.F. Jordan and E. G. Farnsworth)
  • Shelterbelt System to Minimize Nutrient Losses in Sustained-Yield Tropical Forestry (C. F. Jordan, G.G. Parker, and J.C. Luvall)
  • Present Utilization and Potential Regeneration of the Pinaceae in the Highlands of Tropical Mexico and Guatemala (W.K. Ostler)
  • Tree Growth as a Guide to the Management of Secondary Tropical Forests (F.H. Wadsworth) Appendices
Notes
U.S. National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Tropical and Subtropical Forests Directorate
URL
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/721051055
Research Notes
Local system: LIAS505950 Local system: (OCoLC)62627685 GPO item number: 876 Gov. Doc. No: S 1.2:P 39/3 Bibliography note: Includes bibliographies original cikard noted: ISU Library Catalog #QH541.5 R27 P46X
Short Title
People and the tropical forest