Forested Habitats and Human-Modified Land-Use Effects on Avian Diversity.

Intro -- FORESTED HABITATS AND HUMAN-MODIFIED LAND-USE EFFECTS ON AVIAN DIVERSITY -- FORESTED HABITATS AND HUMAN-MODIFIED LAND-USE EFFECTS ON AVIAN DIVERSITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 BACKGROUND ON LAND-USE CHANGE -- LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION AND LAND-USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE SPECIES -- IMPORTANCE OF THE LANDSCAPE MATRIX FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION -- ENHANCING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS -- Chapter 2 COSTA RICA AND THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR -- BIODIVERSITY IN COSTA RICA -- DEFORESTATION PATTERNS AND LAND-USE CHANGE IN COSTA RICA -- FORESTRY REGIME BEFORE THE 1970S -- THE INTERVENTIONIST FORESTRY REGIME IN THE 1970S AND 1980S -- FORESTRY REGIME OF THE 1990S -- STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION: PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR -- DESIGN, PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PTBC -- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES -- LAND USE IN THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR -- Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODS -- DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITATS USED FOR EVALUATION OF BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY -- BIRD SURVEYS -- DATA ANALYSIS -- Chapter 4 RESULTS -- BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN THE PATH OF THE TAPIR BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR -- COMPARISON ACROSS SITES IN BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY -- SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN -- Chapter 5 DISCUSSION -- CONTRIBUTION OF THE DIFFERENT LAND-USE TYPES TO BIRD DIVERSITY IN THE PTBC -- CONTRIBUTION OF AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS TO BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE CORRIDOR -- ROLE OF AGROSILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS IN BIRD SPECIES CONSERVATION AND POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT -- ROLE OF HOMEGARDENS IN CONSERVATION OF AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE PTBC -- CONTRIBUTION OF SECONDARY FORESTS AND TREE PLANTATIONS TO BIRD CONSERVATION -- CONTRIBUTION OF HABITAT TYPES OF THE PTBC TO SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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