Tropical rainforests are disappearing due to agricultural intensification and climate change, causing irreversible losses in biodiversity and associated ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem properties and human well-being are profoundly influenced by environmental change, which is often not considered during land use intensification. Understanding these processes needs an integrated scientific approach linking ecological, economic and social perspectives at different scales, from the household and village level to landscapes and regions. The chapters in this book cover a broad range of topical research areas, from sustainable agroforestry management, climate change effects on rainforests and agroforests to integrated concepts of land use in tropical landscapes.
Author(s): Teja Tscharntke, Christoph Leuschner (auth.), Teja Tscharntke, Christoph Leuschner, Edzo Veldkamp, Heiko Faust, Edi Guhardja, Arifuddin Bidin (eds.)
Series: Environmental Science and Engineering
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 519
Tags: Climate Change; Nature Conservation; Sustainable Development; Soil Science & Conservation; Environmental Management; Forestry
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Tropical rainforests and agroforests under global change: Ecological and socio-economic valuations — an introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Biodiversity patterns and trophic interactions in human-dominated tropical landscapes in Sulawesi (Indonesia): plants, arthropods and vertebrates....Pages 15-71
The potential of land-use systems for maintaining tropical forest butterfly diversity....Pages 73-96
Insect pollinator communities under changing land-use in tropical landscapes: implications for agricultural management in Indonesia....Pages 97-114
Structure and management of cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi across an intensification gradient....Pages 115-140
Land tenure rights, village institutions, and rainforest conversion in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)....Pages 141-160
Rural income dynamics in post-crisis Indonesia: evidence from Central Sulawesi....Pages 161-176
Gender division of labor in agroforestry activities within households: a case of Wonogiri - Central Java - Indonesia....Pages 177-189
The robustness of indicator based poverty assessment tools in changing environments - empirical evidence from Indonesia....Pages 191-211
Demography, development, and deforestation at the rainforest margin in Indonesia....Pages 213-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Functional biodiversity and climate change along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical mountain rainforest....Pages 239-268
Spatiotemporal trends of forest cover change in Southeast Asia....Pages 269-291
Comparison of tree water use characteristics in reforestation and agroforestry stands across the tropics....Pages 293-308
A comparison of throughfall rate and nutrient fluxes in rainforest and cacao plantation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 309-326
Effects of “ENSO-events” and rainforest conversion on river discharge in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)....Pages 327-350
Adaptation to climate change in Indonesia - livelihood strategies of rural households in the face of ENSO related droughts....Pages 351-375
Terrestrial herb communities of tropical submontane and tropical montane forests in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 377-390
The hydraulic performance of tropical rainforest trees in their perhumid environment - is there evidence for drought vulnerability?....Pages 391-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Principle and practice of the buffer zone in biosphere reserves: from global to local – general perspective from managers versus local perspective from villagers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 413-429
Institutions for environmental service payment programmes - evidence of community resource management arrangements in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 431-446
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Agricultural expansion in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso; implications for C stocks and greenhouse gas emissions....Pages 447-460
Contribution of agroforestry to biodiversity and livelihoods improvement in rural communities of Southern African regions....Pages 461-476
Human ecological dimensions in sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical mountain rain forests under global change in southern Ecuador....Pages 477-509
Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia....Pages 511-527
Back Matter....Pages 529-531
