Restoring Degraded Landscapes with Native Species in Latin America.

Intro -- RESTORING DEGRADED LANDSCAPES WITH NATIVE SPECIES IN LATIN AMERICA -- RESTORING DEGRADED LANDSCAPES WITH NATIVE SPECIES IN LATIN AMERICA -- CONTENTS -- SECTION 1 - ECOLOGICAL AND SILVICULTURAL ASPECTS OF PLANTATION-BASED RESTORATION -- Chapter 1 CAN NATIVE TREE PLANTATIONS SERVE AS CATALYSTS OF SECONDARY SUCCESSION IN DEGRADED TROPICAL FOREST LANDSCAPES? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REGENERATION IN PURE AND MIXED-SPECIES PLANTATIONS OF NATIVE TREES ON ABANDONED PASTURE AT LA SELVA, COSTA RICA -- Woody Regeneration beneath Plantations and in Control (Never Planted) Sites -- SEED RAIN AND SEED DISPERSAL -- Species Composition in the Understory of Native Plantations -- SELECTION OF TREE SPECIES FOR CATALYZING FOREST SUCCESSION -- Influence of Plantation Species on Understory Regeneration -- Criteria for The Selection of Tree Species for Reforestation of Degraded Lands -- USE OF NATIVE OR EXOTIC SPECIES AS CATALYSTS OF FOREST SUCCESSION -- Farmers' Preferences and Participatory Approaches for Species Selection -- PLANTATION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT TO ENCOURAGE NATURAL FOREST REGENERATION -- Use of Mixed or Single-Species Plantations -- PLANTATION DENSITY AND THINNING -- Role of Tree Plantations in Controlling Invasive Species -- Integrating Plantations in the Landscape Matrix -- WHO PAYS FOR REFORESTATION? AVAILABILITY OF ECONOMIC SUBSIDIES -- Pursuing Economic Goals: Using Plantations to Encourage Regeneration and Establishment of Species of Commercial Value -- USING NATURAL REGENERATION TO PERPETUATE THE PLANTED FOREST -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 WATERSHED RESTORATION USING NATIVE SPECIES: POMAR STREAM, ELDORADO, MISIONES, ARGENTINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Description of the Study Site -- Mixed Native Species Plantation Experiment -- Soil Sampling and Analysis.

Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Soil Conditions in the Experimental Area -- Tree Species Performance -- Basal Diameter and Total Height -- Survivorship and Crown Development -- General Performance of Species -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 SEED SOURCING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOREST RESTORATION: IMPACTS OF TREE ISOLATION ON PROGENY PERFORMANCE OF CEDAR AND MAHOGANY IN THE NEOTROPICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 AMELIORATION OF GROWING CONDITIONS IN MIXED SPECIES PLANTATION OF TERMINALIA AMAZONIA AND NITROGEN-FIXING DALBERGIA RETUSA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Species Studied -- Study Site -- Experimental Design -- Growth Measurements and Evaluation of Species Interactions -- Gas Exchange Measurements -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Growth and Mortality -- Leaf-Level Photosynthetic Characteristics -- Competition Indices -- DISCUSSION -- Growth Characteristics between and Within Species -- Photosynthetic Characteristics between and Within Species -- Inter- and Intra-Specific Competition Indices -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 A COMPARISON OF GROWTH AND YIELD AMONG FOUR NATIVE AND ONE EXOTIC TREE SPECIES IN PLANTATIONS ON SIX FARMS AT LAS LAJAS, CHIRIQUÍ PROVINCE, WESTERN PANAMA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Site Description -- Experimental Design -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Terminalia amazonia -- Pachira quinata -- Hyeronima alchorneoides -- Swietenia macrophylla -- Tectona grandis -- Final Remarks -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 PRODUCTIVITY, GROWTH, AND TIMBER YIELD OF HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES ALLEMAO (PILÓN) PLANTATIONS IN COSTA RICA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Database -- Models of Dominant Height Growth.

Basal Area System -- Total Survivorship System -- Model of Volume Per Hectare -- Reineke Density Guides -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Dominant Height Growth Models -- Basal Area System, Total Survival, and Volume -- Reineke Density Guide -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 2 -RESTORATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN DEGRADED FOREST LANDSCAPES -- Chapter 7 LIVING FENCES AS LINEAR EXTENSIONS OF FOREST REMNANTS: A STRATEGY FOR RESTORATION OF CONNECTIVITY IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Site -- Bird Observations -- Vegetation Structure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Bird Abundance and Bird Species Diversity -- Structural Characteristics of Living Fences -- DISCUSSION -- Bird Species Composition -- Living Fences Structure and Composition -- Living Fence Management and Landscape Restoration -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 DIVERSITY OF LEPIDOPTERA IN PURE AND MIXED PLANTATIONS OF EIGHT NATIVE TREE SPECIES AT LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION, COSTA RICA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SITE DESCRIPTION -- Plantation Design -- METHODS -- Sampling Techniques -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Lepidoptera Abundance and Diversity -- Relationship with Understory Vegetation in the Plantations -- Implications for the Role of Reforestation on Conservation of Lepidopteran Species -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 IN VITRO SEEDLING PRODUCTION FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF ORCHIDS BY THE GUARANÍ INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN THE ATLANTIC INTERIOR FORESTS OF NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Species Description -- Plant Material and Culture Conditions -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 3 - SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLICY ISSUES IN LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.

Chapter 10 COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF THE DEGRADATION AND RESTORATION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO STATE, MEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS UNDERLYING PARTICIPATORY FOREST RESTORATION -- Deforestation and Environmental Deterioration and Degradation -- Social Perceptions of Environmental Deterioration -- Social Participation in Environmental Issues and Its Diverse Forms -- PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION OF FOREST DYNAMICS IN HIDALGO, MEXICO -- Study Area -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Regional Workshops -- Municipal Authorities' Perceptions of Degradation -- Ongoing Restoration Activities -- Community Workshops -- Community Perceptions of Causes of Forest Degradation -- Proposed Method for Restoration Planning and the Community Perspective -- Restoration Activities -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 STRATEGIES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE NATIVE SPECIES RESTORATION IN THE SUB-TROPICAL ATLANTIC FOREST OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LAWS AND LENDING: IMPROVING THE CASE FOR RESTORATION IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST -- STUDY AREA -- RESTORATION STRATEGIES -- The Realities of Implementation -- Forest Cover and Biodiversity Enhancement in Existing Production Systems -- RESTORATION OF DEGRADED LANDS AND ABANDONED PASTURES -- RESTORING LANDS WITH NATIVE TREE SPECIES PLANTATIONS -- RESTORATION OF DEGRADED FORESTS -- ADOPTABILITY AND COST OF ESTABLISHMENT -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AS A TOOL TO ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF SILVO-PASTORAL SYSTEMS AND RESTORATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES DOMINATED BY CATTLE IN LATIN AMERICA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Site -- Selection of Farmers for PES -- PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES -- Mechanism of Payments -- How are Payments Made? -- MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

Monitoring Biodiversity -- MONITORING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PES -- RESULTS -- Land Use Changes -- Environmental Service Index (ESI) Points -- Payment for Environmental Services (PES) -- Monitoring Biodiversity -- Impact of PES on Socio-Economic Indicators -- DISCUSSION -- Land Use Changes -- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES -- Biodiversity Monitoring and the Environmental Service Index -- Payment for Environmental Services (PES) as Tool to Induce Adoption of SPS -- Socio-Economic Impacts of PES -- Scaling Up of Project Results in the Three Countries -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 MUNICIPAL LAND USE LEGISLATION AND SUSTAINABLE PLANTATION FORESTRY: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- The Complex Legal Regime of Southern São Paulo -- The Term "Sustainability" in Brazilian Environmental Law -- Industrial Plantation Forestry -- Native Plantation Forestry and Mixed Plantations -- Environmental Regulation and the Term "Sustainability" -- Recommended Regulation: Legally Mandated Forest Certification -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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