Reprint

Tropical Forest Ecology and Management for the Anthropocene

Edited by
December 2019
242 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03921-964-3 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03921-965-0 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Tropical Forest Ecology and Management for the Anthropocene that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
This Special Issue looks forward as well as backward to best analyze the forest conservation challenges of the Caribbean. This is made possible by 75 years of research and applications by the United States Department of Agriculture, International Institute of Tropical Forestry (the Institute) of Puerto Rico. It transforms Holocene-based scientific paradigms of the tropics into Anthropocene applications and outlooks of wilderness, managed forests, and urban environments. This volume showcases how the focus of the Institute’s programs is evolving to support sustainable tropical forest conservation despite uncertain conditions. The manuscripts showcased here highlight the importance of shared stewardship and a long-term, hands-on approach to conservation, research programs, and novel organizations intended to meet contemporary conservation challenges. Policies relevant to the Anthropocene, as well as the use of experiments to anticipate future responses of tropical forests to global warming, are reexamined in these pages. Urban topics include how cities can co-produce new knowledge to spark sustainable and resilient transformations. Long-term results and research applications of topics such as soil biota, migratory birds, tropical vegetation, substrate chemistry, and the tropical carbon cycle are also described in the volume. Moreover, the question of how to best use land on a tropical island is addressed. This volume is intended to be of interest to all actors involved in long-term sustainable forest management and research in light of the historical lessons and future directions that may come out of a better understanding of tropical cities and forests in the Anthropocene epoch.
Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY licence
Keywords
Anthropocene; Forest Service; vision; contemporary conservation; biomass; allometry; volume expansion factors; soil organic carbon; tropical forest area; forest inventory data; novel forests; tree plantations; secondary forests; mature forests; dry tropical forests; humid tropical forests; tropical deforestation; annual cycle; carry over effects; climate change; Guánica; Nearctic-Neotropical; novel forests; stoichiometry of leaf litter; nitrogen fixing trees; naturalized species; C/N; C/P; and N/P ratios; Puerto Rico; Caribbean; element concentration in leaf litter; succession; species dominance; tropical forests; invertebrates; microbiota; soil biota; litter; wood; latitude; elevation; disturbance; gradients; tropical karst; element concentration; N/P ratios; Ca/Al relationship; δ13C; δ15N; knowledge co-production; idiom of co-production; knowledge infrastructures; knowledge systems; knowledge systems analysis; cities; land use governance; Anthropocene; disturbance; hurricane; succession; long-term; basal area; species composition; trees; tropical; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Caribbean; land use planning; tropical agriculture; tropical forests; geospatial analyses; n/a; landscape conservation; network governance; strategic teams; communications; leadership; adaptive management; tropical forest; Anthropocene; U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule; El Yunque National Forest; Luquillo Experimental Forest; introduced species; leaf C and N densities; novel forests; photosynthetic nitrogen use-efficiency; leaf mass per area; Tropical Forestry Research; Long-Term Ecological Research; Tropical Forest Management; Tropical Forest Conservation; Luquillo Experimental Forest; tropical; experiments; manipulations; large-scale; Puerto Rico; Caribbean; conservation; American tropics; long-term ecological research; tropical forest management; Anthropocene; Puerto Rico