Central American Biodiversity

Chapter 1 A Short Introduction to Tropical Land- and Seascapes and Their Wildlife Conservation Management

Chapter 2 If Leaders Like Alexander Von Humboldt, Ronald Reagan, and Xi Jinping Would Have Been Environmental Justice Radicals Using Public Internet and Drones: A Short Political Ecology of Central America with Regard to Global Agenda Setting in 2014

Chapter 3 Bird Conservation Status and Meaningful Socioeconomic Correlates in Central America: Results from an Open Access Data-Mining Approach for Parrots Using Machine Learning Indicate Serious Economic Problems

Chapter 4 Reversed Kuznets Curves in the Caribbean: Linking Marine Biodiversity Endangerment with the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Assessed with Human Metrics (Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality, Population Growth Rate)

Chapter 5 An Oceanography Conservation View of Central America: Caribbean Wealth, Pacific Wilderness, Plunder and Mismanagement Meets Seafloor Mining, Deep-Sea Drilling, Climate Change, and Human Population Explosion in the EEZs and Beyond

Chapter 6 Coral Reefs of Central America, Dimethylsulphide Seascapes, Open Access Data, GIS, and Machine Learning Predictions: Another Application of the New Megascience for Global Sustainability

Chapter 7 Field Schools and Research Stations in a Global Context: La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) in a Wider Perspective

Chapter 8 A Brief History of the Molina Family, and the Birth of Maderas Rainforest Conservancy at the La Suerte and Ometepe Field Stations—A Narrative

Chapter 9 Teaching (Tropical) Biodiversity with International Field Schools: A Flexible Success Model in a Time of “Wireless” Globalization

Chapter 10 A Documented Plant and Tree Species Narrative of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Overcoming Ancient Taxonomy Demons for a More Relevant and Valid Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics

Chapter 11 The Incredible World of Insects in Central America: A Virtual Interview with Prof. Dr. Bugs at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua)

Chapter 12 Amphibians and Reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte Field Sites: Toward an Overview of the Evolution, Diversity, and Natural History of Central America’s Herpetofauna

Chapter 13 Exciting Findings and Insights from the Caiman Study at La Suerte: First Lessons from the Scientific Frontline

Chapter 14 Conservation of a Neotropical Herpetofauna: An Introduction to the Crisis of Amphibians and Reptiles in Central America and Beyond

Chapter 15 Mammalian Biodiversity Conservation at Two Biological Stations in Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Chapter 16 On the Relevance and Moral Impediment of Digital Data Management, Data Sharing, and Public Open Access and Open Source Code in (Tropical) Research: The Rio Convention Revisited Towards Mega Science and Best Professional Research Practices

Chapter 17 Conservation Research in the Cloud Forest of Central America with Lessons from Maderas Volcano, Ometepe, Nicaragua: A First-Person Narrative About Very Tough Fieldwork, Unfinished Data, and Climate Justice While Running Out of Time

Chapter 18 GRID Sampling for a Global Rapid Biodiversity Assessment: Methods, Applications, Results, and Lessons Learned

Chapter 19 Birds of Ometepe (Nicaragua) and La Suerte (Costa Rica): From a Narrative and Species Lists Over Species Richness and Bird Photo Documentations to a Central American Conservation Ornithology

Chapter 20 Acoustic Determinants to Group-Specific Vocalizations and Dialect: The Effects of Environment on Infant Vocalizations of Cebus capucinus, and Utilizing Two Field Sites with a Shared Taxon for a Comparative Ecological Study

Chapter 21 Factors Involved in Variation in Tree and Species Use by Mantled Howler Monkeys: A Case Study of Resource Use in Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación, Costa Rica

Chapter 22 Living in Islands of Forests: Nutritional Ecology of the Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, North-Eastern Costa Rica

Chapter 23 A First Rare Species Action List for La Suerte and Ometepe: Correlates with Extinction, Invasion, Declines, the Allee Effect, and no Good Recovery in Island Habitats

Chapter 24 Lost Species at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Facts from Over 10 Years of Research, Some Speculations, Liabilities, and a Very Grim Future Outlook to Resolve

Chapter 25 Genetics as a Tool for Biodiversity Conservation: Examples from Central America

Chapter 26 A Systematic Framework for Spatial Conservation Planning and Ecological Priority Design: An Example from St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean

Chapter 27 Global Change in Central America, and Global Transitions Towards a Carbon-Free Society Achieved Through International Field Schools? Carbon Dioxide Remains the Most Toxic Gas for Mankind to Be Resolved

Chapter 28 Human Aspects and Population Structures in Central America and Its So-Called Free Trade Zones: Imperialism, Immigration, Remittance Payments, Leakage, Brain Drain, Global Citizenship, and Unlimited Inequalities During War and Globalization

Chapter 29 A Short Presentation and Discussion of Digital Research Data Sets in Central America, and for the Field Schools of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua)

Chapter 30 Assessments of Carbon Stock Hotspots in Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Chapter 31 Selected Undergraduate Student Projects at La Suerte and Ometepe Island: Tryouts, Results, First Publications, and More Ideas to Progress Research and Conservation

Chapter 32 The Good Future of La Suerte and Ometepe Between Heaven and Decay: An Informed Outlook for Central America Leaves Us with Dramatic Environmental Obstacles for Conservation Management