Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins : Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of Land Use and Conservation

Chapter 1 The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation — an introduction

Chapter 2 Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications for conservation

Chapter 3 Moths at tropical forest margins — how mega-diverse insect assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery

Chapter 4 Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from the Neo- and Afrotropics

Chapter 5 Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics

Chapter 6 Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO 2 efflux rates under different land-use types in Central Panama

Chapter 7 Forest structure as influenced by different types of community forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chapter 8 Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins

Chapter 9 From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi

Chapter 10 Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin — a choice experiment approach

Chapter 11 Forest Products and Household Incomes: Evidence from Rural Households Living in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi

Chapter 12 Shaded coffee and the stability of rainforest margins in northern Latin America

Chapter 13 Economic evaluation of ecosystem services as a basis for stabilizing rainforest margins? The example of pollination services and pest management in coffee landscapes

Chapter 14 Insect diversity responses to forest conversion and agroforestry management

Chapter 16 Tree species diversity relative to human land uses in tropical rain forest margins in Central Sulawesi

Chapter 17 Alternatives to slash-and-burn in forest-based fallow systems of the eastern Brazilian Amazon region: Technology and policy options to halt ecological degradation and improve rural welfare

Chapter 18 Protected Area Management and Local Benefits — A case study from Madagascar

Chapter 19 Potentials to reduce deforestation by enhancing the technical efficiency of crop production in forest margin areas

Chapter 20 Migration and ethnicity as cultural impact factors on land use change in the rainforest margins of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chapter 21 From global to regional scale: Remote sensing-based concepts and methods for mapping land-cover and land-cover change in tropical regions

Chapter 22 Effects of land-use change on matter and energy exchange between ecosystems in the rain forest margin and the atmosphere

Chapter 23 Science and technology and sustainable development in Brazilian Amazon