Treetops at Risk Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation /
Treetops at Risk brings together the worlds foremost experts on forest canopies, and summarizes their views on the current and future status of forests.� Forest canopies not only support high terrestrial biodiversity but also represent a critical interface between atmosphere and the earth. They pro...
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2013.
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Table of Contents:
- FORWARD
- PART I� EMERGING ISSUES
- 1. The Role of Scientific Conferences to Foster Conservation Solution for Global Forests
- 2. Greening the Planet?
- 3. Comparative Canopy Biology and the Structure of Ecosystems
- 4. Forest Canopies as Earths Support Systems: Priorities for Research and Conservation
- 5. Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests
- 6. Rethinking the Role of Tropical Forest Science in Forest Conservation and Management
- 7. REDD: How can scientists change the political jungle?
- 8. Narrowing global species estimates
- PART II� CLIMATE CHANGE
- 9. Tropical cyclones and forest dynamics under a changing climate: what are the long-term implications for tropical forest canopies in the cyclone belt
- 10. Canopies and Climate Change
- 11. Church Forest Status and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Ethiopa
- 12. A novel approach to simulate climate change impacts on vascular epiphytes: case study in Taiwan
- 13. Sensitivity and threat in high-elevation rainforests: outcomes and consequences of the IBISCA- Queensland Project
- 14. A mature foreset canopy in a CO2-rich future - an experiment at the Swiss Canopy Crane research site
- 15. Shock value: are lianas natural lightning rods?
- 16. Potential impacts of global changes on epiphytic bryophytes in subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests, SW China
- 17. Canopy-less monitoring of biodiversity and climate change: signs of a leaky roof
- PART III� NEW APPROACHES
- 18. Mesoscale Exploration and Conservation of Tropical Canopies in a Changing Climate
- 19. Why do sloths poop on the ground?
- 20. Birds of the canopy : historical perspective, current trends and future directions
- 21. Functional roles of lianas in the forest canopy
- 22. Islands in a sea of foliage: mistletoes as discrete components of forest canopies
- 23. Non-vascular epiphytes: functions and risks at the tree canopy
- 24. Canopy texture analysis for large-scale assessments of tropical forest stand structure and biomass
- 25. Changing tropical forest dynamics and their effects on canopy geometry and tropical forest biodiversity
- 26. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Some Dominant Canopy and Understorey Dominant Tree Species of Sri Lanka: Implications for Conservation Management in a Fragmented Landscape
- 27. The importance of flowers for beetle biodiversity and abundance
- 28. Assessing canopy processes at large landscape scales in the Western Ghats using remote sensing
- 29. Ontogeny of Herbivory on Leaves in a Tropical Rainforest in Madagascar
- 30. Do Water Bears Climb Trees too?
- 31. From leaf litter to canopy: non-invasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rainforest
- PART IV� EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
- 32. Win-Win for Scientists Who Lead Citizen Science Canopy Research Expeditions
- 33. In the Canopy with Wheel Chairs: a model for teaching field biology
- 34. Modelling Insect outbreaks in Forest Canopies
- Integration of Virtual Simulations with Hands-on Ecology for Undergraduates
- 35. Canopy Capture
- 36. Kids can save Forests.-�Forest Canopy Tourism- analyzing a Flagship Attraction in the Ecotourism Arena from a Political Ecology Perspective
- PART V ECOSYSTEM, SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY
- 38. Ancient Coastal Rainforest Canopies in Western Canada: Issues in Biodiversity and Conservation
- 39. The population dynamics of epiphytic orchids: A review and methodological guide
- 40. Can canopy dwelling frogs be monitored from the ground? A case from Western Ghats of India
- 41. Just harvest: Ecology and politics of forest canopy product use in protected areas
- 42. Orchid farming, sustainable timber harvest and other forest management practices in Cameroon, Africa
- 43. Sacred groves as sanctuaries for mistletoe conservation in Kathmandu Valley
- 44. Nutrient recycling starts in the canopy: the secretive action of termites
- 45. Valuing Ecosystem Services Flowing from the Himalayan States for Incorporation into National Accounting
- 46. Whole Plants as NTFPs from the forest canopies- priorities for management and conservation.���������������.