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Forested habitats and human-modified land-use effects on avian diversity / Alvaro Redondo-Brenes and Florencia Montagnini, editor[s].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Birds - evolution, behavior and ecology.
- Birds - evolution, behavior and ecology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest birds--Effect of forest management on--Costa Rica.
- Forest birds.
- Birds--Habitat--Conservation--Costa Rica.
- Birds.
- Rain forest conservation--Costa Rica.
- Rain forest conservation.
- Land use--Environmental aspects--Costa Rica.
- Land use.
- Bird surveys--Costa Rica.
- Bird surveys.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the years as a result of the limitations of protected areas in providing habitat for many wildlife species, efforts have shifted to studying wildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes. This title presents a study that was carried out in the Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor, Costa Rica.
- Contents:
- FORESTED HABITATS AND HUMAN-MODIFIED LAND-USE EFFECTS ON AVIAN DIVERSITY ; FORESTED HABITATS AND HUMAN-MODIFIED LAND-USE EFFECTS ON AVIAN DIVERSITY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1 BACKGROUND ON LAND-USE CHANGE ; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION AND LAND-USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE SPECIES ; IMPORTANCE OF THE LANDSCAPE MATRIX FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ; ENHANCING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS ; Chapter 2 COSTA RICA AND THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR; BIODIVERSITY IN COSTA RICA
- DEFORESTATION PATTERNS AND LAND-USE CHANGE IN COSTA RICAFORESTRY REGIME BEFORE THE 1970's ; THE INTERVENTIONIST FORESTRY REGIME IN THE 1970's AND 1980's ; FORESTRY REGIME OF THE 1990's ; STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION: PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR; DESIGN, PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PTBC ; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ; LAND USE IN THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR ; Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODS ; DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITATS USED FOR EVALUATION OF BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY ; BIRD SURVEYS ; DATA ANALYSIS ; Chapter 4 RESULTS
- BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR COMPARISON ACROSS SITES IN BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY ; SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN ; Chapter 5 DISCUSSION ; CONTRIBUTION OF THE DIFFERENT LAND-USE TYPES TO BIRD DIVERSITY IN THE PTBC ; CONTRIBUTION OF AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS TO BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE CORRIDOR; ROLE OF AGROSILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS IN BIRD SPECIES CONSERVATION AND POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT; ROLE OF HOMEGARDENS IN CONSERVATION OF AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE PTBC; CONTRIBUTION OF SECONDARY FORESTS AND TREE PLANTATIONS TO BIRD CONSERVATION
- CONTRIBUTION OF HABITAT TYPES OF THE PTBC TO SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; INDEX ; Blank Page
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-621-8
- OCLC:
- 759211514
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