Second Growth
The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Perceptions of Tropical Forests and Natural Regeneration
1.1 Viewing Forests as a Cycle
1.2 The Resilience of Tropical Forests
1.3 Forest Regeneration, Succession, and Forest Degradation
1.4 The Geographic Extent of Deforestation and Forest Regeneration across the Tropics
1.5 The Tropical Forests of the Future
Chapter 2
Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes
2.1 Overview
2.2 The Peopling of the Tropics
2.3 Impacts of Early Hunter-Gatherer Societies
2.4 The Development of Agriculture
2.5 Holocene Climate Variability, Forest Change, and Agricultural Expansion
2.6 Conclusion
Chapter 3
Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory
3.1 Overview
3.2 Earthworks and Landscape Transformations
3.3 Prehistoric Fires: Synergies between Natural and Human Causes
3.4 Ancient Soil Modifications
3.5 The Scale of Prehistoric Human Impacts in the Neotropics
3.6 Paleoecological Reconstruction of Tropical Forest Regeneration
3.7 Conclusion
Chapter 4
Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes
4.1 Overview
4.2 Disturbance Regimes in Tropical Forest Regions
4.3 Gap Dynamics and the Forest Growth Cycle
4.4 Detection of Tropical Forest Disturbance
4.5 Are Old-Growth Tropical Forests Stable?
4.6 Conclusion
Chapter 5
Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations
5.1 Overview
5.2 Variability in Successional Pathways
5.3 Successional Stages and Species Classification
5.4 Forest Definitions and Concepts
5.5 Approaches to Studying Tropical Forest Succession
5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 6
Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates
6.1 Overview
6.2 Biological Legacies and Local Resource Availability
6.3 Colonization and Succession on Landslides
6.4 Succession following Volcanic Eruptions
6.5 Riverbank Succession
6.6 Conclusion
Chapter 7
Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses
7.1 Overview
7.2 Effects of Land Use and Biological Legacies on Propagule Availability and Modes of Regeneration
7.3 Effects of Land Use on Site Quality and Resource Availability
7.4 Conclusion
Chapter 8
Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires
8.1 Overview
8.2 Hurricane Damage and Regeneration
8.3 Tropical Forest Regeneration after Single and Recurrent Fires
8.4 Conclusion
Chapter 9
Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms
9.1 Overview
9.2 Harvesting Intensity, Forest Disturbance, and Postlogging Forest Regeneration
9.3 Effects of Logging on Animal Abundance and Diversity
9.4 Consequences of Land-Use Synergisms for Forest Regeneration
9.5 Conclusion
Chapter 10
Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
10.1 Overview
10.2 Environmental Gradients during Succession
10.3 Successional Changes in Life-Form Composition
10.4 Functional Traits of Early and Late Successional Species
10.5 Environmental Filtering, Functional Diversity, and Community Assembly during Succession
10.6 A General Scheme for Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
10.7 Conclusion
Chapter 11
Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration
11.1 Overview
11.2 Loss of Nutrients and Carbon during Conversion of Forest to Agriculture
11.3 Accumulation of Carbon and Nutrients during Forest Regeneration
11.4 Nutrient Cycling and Nutrient Limitation
11.5 Hydrology and Water Balance
11.6 Conclusion
Chapter 12
Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests
12.1 Overview
12.2 Animal Diversity in Regenerating Forests
12.3 Plant-Herbivore Interactions during Forest Regeneration
12.4 Seed Dispersal and Predation during Forest Regeneration
12.5 Pollination in Regenerating Forests
12.6 Conclusion
Chapter 13
Tropical Reforestation Pathways
13.1 Overview
13.2 Reforestation Goals and Decisions
13.3 Reforestation through Management of Forest Fallows
13.4 Ecological Forest Restoration in the Tropics
13.5 Recovery of Biodiversity during Reforestation
13.6 Recovery of Ecosystem Properties during Reforestation
13.7 Conclusion
Chapter 14
Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes
14.1 Overview
14.2 Land-Use Transitions and Forest Transitions
14.3 The Landscape Context of Forest Regeneration
14.4 Socioecological Drivers of Tropical Reforestation
14.5 Enhancing Forest Regeneration and Human Livelihoods in the Landscape Matrix
14.6 Conclusion
Chapter 15
Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation
15.1 The Power of Forest Regeneration
15.2 Tropical Forest Change and Resilience
15.3 The Current and Future Value of Regenerating Tropical Forests
15.4 New Approaches to Promoting Forest Regeneration
References
Index
Biological Sciences: Botany | Ecology | Natural History | Tropical Biology and Conservation
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