Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology

Abstract

1. The Problem and Background.- 1. Tropical Forests: Their Future and Our Future.- 2. The Status of Tropical Forests.- 3. A Forest Research Institution in the West Indies: The First 50 Years.- 2. Long-Term Ecological Research in Puerto Rico.- 4. Ecosystem-Level Properties of the Luquillo Experimental Forest with Emphasis on the Tabonuco Forest.- 5. The Colorado and Dwarf Forests of Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountaints 109.- 6. Structure, Succession, and Soil Chemistry of Palm Forests in the Luquillo Experimental Forest.- 7. The Dry Forests of Puerto Rico's South Coast.- 8. Forest Plantations in Puerto Rico.- 9. A Review of the Population Dynamics of Selected Tree Species in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico.- 10. Recovery of a Tropical Forest after Gamma Irradiation: A 23-Year Chronicle.- 3. Research Areas That Require Increased Focus in the Tropics.- 11. Physiological Ecology of Trees and Applications to Forest Management.- 12. Mineral Nutrition and Soil Fertility in Tropical Rain Forests.- 13. Wildlife in Managed Tropical Forests: A Neotropical Perspective.- 14. Tropical Forest Systems and the Human Economy.- 4. Direction for Future Research in Tropical Forests.- 15. Perspectives in Tropical Rain Forest Research.- 16. Tropical Forestry as if People Mattered.- 17. Toward a Global Research Strategy on the Ecology of Natural Tropical Forests to Meet Conservation and Management Needs.