Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests Under Global Change

Ecological and Socio-Economic Valuations

By: Teja Tscharntke (Editor), Christoph Leuschner (Editor), Edzo Veldkamp (Editor)

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not only for land use systems that depend on the regular supply of rain or irrigation water but also for the future development of natural rainforests as drought stress has been shown to a?ect tree growth and species composition in old-growth forests (Wright 1991, Walsh and Newbery 1999, Engelbrecht et al. 2007). A drought experiment conducted in a cacao agroforestry plantation showed that this plantation was surprisingly resilient to an induced drought of more than a year (Schwendenmann et al. 2009). However, droughts can have a strong impact on household incomes from agriculture, they strongly a?ect the vulnerability to poverty and thus have to be analyzed as important exogenous shocks to households, forcing them to adjust their behaviour and develop strategies to cope with these problems. The stability of rainforest margins is a critical factor in the protection of tropical rainforests (Tscharntke et al. 2007). At present, however, rainf- est margins in many parts of the tropics are far from stable, both in soc- economic and in ecological terms. For example, protected areas may attract, rather than repel, human settlement, which may be due to international donor investment in national conservation programs (Wittemeyer et al. 2008). An alternative hypothesis is that protected areas might be compromised if leakage takes place, that is, if impacts that would take place inside the restricted area are displaced to a nearby, undisturbed area (Ewers and Rodrigues 2008).

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"Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change edited by Tscharntke and colleagues ... highlighting several prominent ecological and social issues associated with agroforestry production systems. ... Overall, I find this book to be a valuable compilation of the latest research on agroforestry, and would be a useful reference for researchers interested in this topic." (Lian Pin Koh, Biotropica, 2010)

"This edited volume includes 24 chapters on ecology, bio-diversity, climate change, demography, and social sciences aspects of agroforestry and tropical forests. ... provide a thoughtful evaluation of climate change impacts on tree water use, nutrient fluxes and hydrology. ... of interest to ecologists, economists and agricultural scientists and ... is accessible to all." (Jaboury Ghazoul, Basic and Applied Ecology, Vol. 12 (2), March, 2011)

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Tropical rainforests and agroforests under global change: Ecological and socio-economic valuations — an introduction	p. 1
Agroforestry management in an ecological and socioeconomic context
Biodiversity patterns and trophic interactions in human-dominated tropical landscapes in Sulawesi (Indonesia): plants, arthropods and vertebrates	p. 15
The potential of land-use systems for maintaining tropical forest butterfly diversity	p. 73
Insect pollinator communities under changing land-use in tropical landscapes: implications for agricultural management in Indonesia	p. 97
Structure and management of cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi across an intensification gradient	p. 115
Land tenure rights, village institutions, and rainforest conversion in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)	p. 141
Rural income dynamics in post-crisis Indonesia: evidence from Central Sulawesi	p. 161
Gender division of labor in agroforestry activities within households: a case of Wonogiri - Central Java - Indonesia	p. 177
The robustness of indicator based poverty assessment tools in changing environments - empirical evidence from Indonesia	p. 191
Demography, development, and deforestation at the rainforest margin in Indonesia	p. 213
Climate change effects on tropical rainforests and agroforests
Functional biodiversity and climate change along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical mountain rainforest	p. 239
Spatiotemporal trends of forest cover change in Southeast Asia	p. 269
Comparison of tree water use characteristics in reforestation and agroforestry stands across the tropics	p. 293
A comparison of throughfall rate and nutrient fluxes in rainforest and cacao plantation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	p. 309
Effects of “ENSO-events” and rainforest conversion on river discharge in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)	p. 327
Adaptation to climate change in Indonesia - livelihood strategies of rural households in the face of ENSO related droughts	p. 351
Terrestrial herb communities of tropical submontane and tropical montane forests in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	p. 377
The hydraulic performance of tropical rainforest trees in their perhumid environment - is there evidence for drought vulnerability?	p. 391
Integrated concepts of land use in tropical landscapes
Principle and practice of the buffer zone in biosphere reserves: from global to local &mdash general perspective from managers versus local perspective from villagers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	p. 413
Institutions for environmental service payment programmes - evidence of community resource management arrangements in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	p. 431
Agricultural expansion in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso; implications for C stocks and greenhouse gas emissions	p. 447
Contribution of agroforestry to biodiversity and livelihoods improvement in rural communities of Southern African regions	p. 461
Human ecological dimensions in sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical mountain rain forests under global change in southern Ecuador	p. 477
Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia	p. 511
Index of keywords	p. 529
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