Landscape change and the science of biodiversity conservation in tropical forests: A view from the temperate world |
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| Authors: | David B Lindenmayer |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biosystematics, Laboratory of Geobotany and Plant Conservation, University of Opole, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland;2. Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland;3. Department of Forest Biodiversity, Institute of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Kraków, al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland;4. Wojska Polskiego 30/5, 69-110 Rzepin, Poland;5. Department of Botany, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroc?aw, Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wroc?aw, Poland;6. Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Game Management and Forest Protection, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznań, Poland;7. Department of Algology and Mycology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of ?ód?, Banacha 12/16, PL-90-237 ?ód?, Poland;8. Institute of Forest Sciences, University of ?ód?, Tomaszów Mazowiecki Branch, Konstytucji 3 Maja 65/67, 97-200 Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland;1. Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States;2. Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073, United States;1. Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom;2. Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK;3. School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;4. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia;5. Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;6. Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;7. Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Using a largely temperate forest perspective, this article briefly reviews four often inter-related types of landscape change which can have significant impacts on tropical and temperate forest biodiversity: logging, fire, forest clearing, and plantation expansion. There are many important similarities but also key differences in the kinds of work conducted on these four kinds of landscape change in tropical and temperate forests. For example, direct studies of the effects of forest conversion on biodiversity are relatively rare in both tropical and temperate ecosystems. Temperate forest research differs from tropical research in terms of relative amount of single species work, long-term studies, and research at scales spanning multiple landscapes. There are key areas for cross-fertilization of research in tropical and temperate forest biomes. These include: (1) the ability of species to persist in post-disturbed forest landscapes, including those perturbed by past clearing, logging or wildfire, (2) the impacts of plantation establishment on biodiversity, (3) the effectiveness of altered silvicultural systems on forest structure, vegetation composition, and biota, and (4) inter-relationships between forest logging and fire-proneness. Cross-learning about the impacts of drivers of landscape change between tropical and temperate forests is fundamental for speeding the progress of conservation efforts in both broad kinds of environments. However, some opportunities for cross-learning have not been taken because temperate and tropical forest research has often sometimes been isolated from one another. Some approaches to tackle this problem are briefly outlined. |
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