This book is the result of an international collaborative research effort focusing on the tropical montane forests of Mexico and the temperate rain forests of southern South America. The over-all aim of the research was to investigate the impact of human activity on the key processes influencing biodiversity in fragmented forest landscapes, and to use the research results to develop practical tools for evaluating land use decisions, thereby indicating how sustainable forest management might be achieved in practice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spatial and temporal patterns of forest loss and fragmentation in Mexico and Chile / C. Echeverría, L. Cayuela, R.H. Manson, D.A. Coomes, A. Lara, J.M. Rey-Benayas and A.C. Newton -- Plant diversity in highly fragmented forest landscapes in Mexico and Chile : implications for conservation / J.M. Rey-Benayas, L. Cayuela, M. González-Espinosa, C. Echeverría, R.H. Manson, G. Williams-Linera, R.F. del Castillo, N. Ramírez-Marcial, M.A. Muñiz-Castro, A. Blanco-Macías, A. Lara and A.C. Newton -- Fragmentation and edge effects on plant-animal interactions, ecological processes and biodiversity / F. López-Barrera, J.J. Armesto, G. Williams-Linera, C. Smith-Ramírez and R.H. Manson -- Habitat fragmentation and reproductive ecology of Embothrium coccineum, Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in southern temperate rainforests / C. Smith-Ramírez, A.E. Rovere, M.C. Núñez-Ávila and J.J. Armesto -- Patterns of genetic variation in tree species and their implications for conservation / A.C. Premoli, R.F. del Castillo, A.C. Newton, S. Bekessy, M. Caldiz, C. Martínez-Araneda, P. Mathiasen, M.C. Núñez-Ávila, P. Quiroga, C. Souto and S. Trujillo-Argueta -- Secondary succession under a slash-and-burn regime in a tropical montane cloud forest : soil and vegetation characteristics / R.F. del Castillo and A. Blanco-Macías -- The impact of logging and secondary succession on the below-ground system of a cloud forest in Mexico / S. Negrete-Yankelevich, C. Fragoso and A.C. Newton -- Applying succession models to the conservation of tropical montane forest / D. Golicher and A.C. Newton -- Models of regional and local stand composition and dynamics of pine-oak forests in the Central Highlands of Chiapas (Mexico) : theoretical and management implications / M.A. Zavala, L. Galindo-Jaimes and M. González-Espinosa -- Process-based modelling of regeneration dynamics and sustainable use in species-rich rainforests / N. Rüger, J.J. Armesto, A.G. Gutiérrez, G. Williams-Linera and A. Huth -- Testing forest biodiversity indicators by assessing anthropogenic impacts along disturbance gradients / A.C. Newton, C. Echeverría, M. González-Espinosa, G. Williams-Linera, N. Ramírez-Marcial, O. Thiers, J.J. Armesto, J.C. Aravena and A. Lara -- Fire challenges to conserving tropical ecosystems : the case study of Chiapas / R.M. Román-Cuesta, J. Retana and M. Gracia -- Identification of priority areas for conservation in South Central Chile / K.A. Wilson and A.C. Newton -- Restoration of forest ecosystems in fragmented landscapes of temperate and montane tropical Latin America / M. González-Espinosa, N. Ramírez-Marcial, A.C. Newton, J.M. Rey-Benayas, A. Camacho-Cruz, J.J. Armesto, A. Lara, A.C. Premoli, G. Williams-Linera, A. Altamirano, C. Alvarez-Aquino, M. Cortés, C. Echeverría, L. Galindo-Jaimes, M.A. Muñiz-Castro, M.C. Núñez-Ávila, R.A. Pedraza, A.E. Rovere, C. Smith-Ramírez, O. Thiers and C. Zamorano -- Future scenarios for tropical montane and south temperate forest biodiversity in Latin America / L. Miles, A.C. Newton, C. Alvarez-Aquino, J.J. Armesto, R.F. del Castillo, L. Cayuela, C. Echeverría, M. González-Espinosa, A. Lara, F. López-Barrera, R.H. Manson, G. Montoya-Gómez, M.A. Muñiz-Castro, M.C. Núñez-Ávila, R.A. Pedraza, J.M. Rey-Benayas, A.E. Rovere, N. Rüger, C. Smith-Ramírez, C. Souto and G. Williams-Linera.

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