Research Catalog

Title

The Atlantic Forest of South America : biodiversity status, threats, and outlook / edited by Carlos Galindo-Leal, Ibsen Guzmao Camara.

Publication

Washington : Island Press, ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Galindo Leal, Carlos.
• Câmara, Ibsen de Gusmão.

Description

xviii, 488 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.

Summary

This is a detailed assessment of the state of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. Separate sections examine each of the three countries that are home to the forest, beginning with a brief overview that explores the dynamics of biodiversity loss in that country and outlining the topics to be addressed.

Series Statement

State of the hotspots

Uniform Title

State of the hotspots

Subjects

• Mata Atlântica
• Südamerika
• Atlantikküste
• South America > Mata Atlântica
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Biodiversidade
• Florestas (conservação) > Brasil;argentina;paraguai
• Tropischer Regenwald
• Forstschutz
• Biodiversität
• Subtropischer Regenwald
• Wald
• Regenwald
• Naturschutz
• Forstwirtschaft
• Rain forest conservation > Paraguay
• Rain forest conservation > Argentina
• Rain forest conservation > Brazil
• Forest management > Mata Atlântica
• Forest biodiversity conservation > Mata Atlântica
• Forests and forestry > South America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes web resources.

Contents

• Foreword / Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Russell A. Mittermeier and Peter Seligmann -- Preface / Gordon E. Moore -- Atlantic Forest hotspot status : an overview / Carlos Galindo-Leal and Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara -- State of the hotspots : the dynamics of biodiversity loss / Carlos Galindo-Leal [and others] -- Dynamics of biodiversity loss in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest : an introduction / Luiz Paulo Pinto and Maria Cecília Wey de Brito -- Brief history of conservation in the Atlantic Forest / Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara -- Status of the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil / José Maria Cardoso da Silva and Carlos Henrique M. Casteleti -- Monitoring the Brazilian Atlantic Forest cover / Márcia Makiko Hirota -- Conservation priorities and main causes of biodiversity loss of marine ecosystems / Silvio Jablonski -- Endangered species and conservation planning / Marcelo Tabarelli [and others] -- Past, present, and future of the golden lion tamarin and its habitat / M. Cecília M. Kierulff, Denise M. Rambaldi and Devra G. Kleiman -- Socioeconomic causes of deforestation in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil / Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young -- The Central and Serra do Mar corridors in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest / Alexandre Pires Aguiar [and others] -- Policy initiatives for the conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest / José Carlos Carvalho -- Dynamics of biodiversity loss in the Argentinean Atlantic Forest : an introduction / Alejandro R. Giraudo -- Brief history of conservation in the Paraná forest / Juan Carlos Chebez and Norma Hilgert -- Biodiversity status of the interior Atlantic Forest of Argentina / Alejandro R. Giraudo [and others] -- Threats of extinction to flagship species in the interior Atlantic Forest / Alejandro R. Giraudo and Hernán Povedano.
• Outlook for primate conservation in Misiones / Mario S. Di Bitetti -- The loss of Mbyá wisdom : disappearance of a legacy of sustainable management / Angela Sánchez and Alejandro R. Giraudo -- Socioeconomic roots of biodiversity loss in Misiones / Silvia Holz and Guillermo Placci -- Conservation capacity in the Paraná forest / Juan Pablo Cinto and María Paula Bertolini -- Critical analysis of protected areas in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina / Alejandro R. Giraudo [and others] -- Last opportunity for the Atlantic Forest / Luis Alberto Rey -- Dynamics of biodiversity loss in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest : an introduction / José Luis Cartes and Alberto Yanosky -- Brief history of conservation in the interior Atlantic Forest / José Luis Cartes -- Biodiversity status of the interior Atlantic Forest of Paraguay / Frank Fragano and Robert Clay -- Socioeconomic drivers in the interior Atlantic Forest / Ana M. Macedo and José L. Cartes -- The Guaraní Aquifer : a regional environmental service / Juan Francisco Facetti -- Conservation capacity in the interior Atlantic Forest of Paraguay / Alberto Yanosky and Elizabeth Cabrera -- Dynamics of biodiversity loss : an introduction to trinational issues / Thomas R. Jacobsen -- Species on the brink : critically endangered terrestrial vertebrates / Thomas Brooks and Anthony B. Rylands -- Putting the pieces back together : fragmentation and landscape conservation / Carlos Galindo-Leal -- Endangered forests, vanishing peoples : biocultural diversity and indigenous knowledge / Thomas R. Jacobsen -- Unwanted guests : the invasion of nonnative species / Jamie K. Reaser, Carlos Galindo-Leal and Silvia R. Ziller.
• Harvesting and conservation of heart palm / Sandra E. Chediack and Miguel Franco Baqueiro -- The effects of dams on biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest / Colleen Fahey and Penny F. Langhammer -- Populating the environment : human growth, density, and migration in the Atlantic Forest / Thomas R. Jacobsen -- Mercosur and the Atlantic Forest : an environmental regulatory framework / María Leichner -- A challenge for conservation : protected areas in the Atlantic Forest hotspot / Alexandra-Valeria Lairana -- Outlook for the Atlantic Forest / Carlos Galindo-Leal, Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara and Philippa J. Benson.

ISBN

• 1559639881
• 9781559639880
• 155963989X
• 9781559639897

LCCN

2003001903

OCLC

• ocm51559043
• 51559043
• SCSB-13554941

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library