Conservation, Ecology, and a Sustainable Future
Buch, Englisch, 805 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 13649 g
ISBN: 978-1-4939-2207-9
Verlag: Springer
This book highlights key results and lessons learnt from two field sites, La Suerte in Costa Rica and Ometepe Nicaragua. It provides long term data on species abundance and distribution. Primates receive specific attention in this book, as they are flagship species and good indicators for the “health” of an ecosystem, but as well a money maker. Many primate species are sensitive to habitat alteration, and are often hunted out first. But they play an important role as seed dispersal agents for the regeneration of the forest. The book then compares results from the two field sites with regional trends, and explores potential solutions such as REDD+. This book strongly calls for new approaches in conservation, it makes the case for looking beyond the pure species biology and classic conservation angle and to take into account the economic and political realities.
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Chapter 1
A Short Introduction to Tropical Land- and Seascapes and their Wildlife Conservation Management
Falk Huettmann and Moritz S. Schmid
Chapter 2
If leaders like Alexander von Humboldt, Ronald Reagan and Xi Jinping would have been environmental justice radicals using public internet and drones: A short political ecology of Central America with regards to global agenda setting in 2014
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 3
Bird conservation status and meaningful socioeconomic correlates in Central America: Results from an open access data mining approach for parrots using machine learning indicate serious economic problems
Cynthia Resendiz-Infante and Falk Huettmann
Chapter 4
Reversed Kuznets Curves in the Caribbean: Linking Marine Biodiversity Endangerment with the National GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and assessed with Human Metrics (life expectancy, infant mortality, population growth rate)
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 5
An Oceanography Conservation View of Central America: Caribbean Wealth, Pacific Wilderness, Plunder and Mis-Management meets Seafloor Mining, Deep See Drilling, Climate Change, and Human Population Explosion in the EEZs and beyond
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 6
Coral Reefs of Central America, Dimethylsulphide (DMS) Seascapes, Open Access Data, GIS and Machine Learning Predictions: Another application of the new Megascience for Global Sustainability
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 7
Field Schools and Research Stations in a Global Context: La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) in a wider Perspective
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 8
A Brief History of the Molina Family, and the Birth of Maderas Rain Forest Conservancy (MRC) at the La Suerte and Ometepe field stations: A narrative by Renee Molinia
Renee Molinia
Chapter 9
Teaching (Tropical) Biodiversity with International Field Schools: A Flexible Success Model in a Time of ‘Wireless’ Globalization
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 10
A Documented Plant and Tree Species Narrative of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Overcoming Ancient Taxonomy Demons for a more relevant and valid Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 11
The incredible world of insects in Central America: A virtual interview with Prof Dr Bugs at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua)
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 12
Amphibians and reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte field sites:
Towards an overview of the evolution, distribution, and diversity of Central America's herpetofauna.
Mark Spangler
Chapter 13
Exciting findings and insights from the Caiman study at La Suerte: First lessons from the scientific frontline
Peter Skylstad and Falk Huettmann
Chapter 14
Conservation of a Neotropical herpetofauna: An introduction to the crisis of amphibians and reptiles in Central America and beyond
Mark Spangler
Chapter 15
Mammalian biodiversity conservation at two biological stations in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Andrew P. Baltenperger and Casey L. Brown
Chapter 16
On the relevance and moral impediment of digital data management, data sharing and public open access and code in (tropical) research: The Rio Convention revisited towards Mega Science and Best Professional Research Practices
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 17
Conservation research in the Cloud Forest of Central America with lessons from Maderas vulcanoe, Ometepe, Nicaragua: A first-person narrative about very tough field work, unfinished data, and climate justice while running out of time
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 18
GRID sampling for a global rapid biodiversity assessment: Methods, Applications, Results and Lessons Learned
Dirk Nemitz and Falk Huettmann
Chapter 19
Birds of Ometepe (Nicaragua) and La Suerte (Costa Rica): From a narrative and species lists over species richness and bird photo documentations to a Central American conservation ornithology
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 20
Acoustic Determinants to Group-Specific Vocalizations and Dialect: The effects of environment on infant vocalizations of Cebus capucinus. Utilizing two field sites with a shared taxon for a comparative ecological study.
Andrew R. Halloran and Sarah Mancz
Chapter 21
Factors Involved in Variation in Tree and Species Use by Mantled Howler Monkeys: A Case Study of Resource Use in Sector Santa Rosa, Area de Conservacion, Costa Rica
Barbara J. Welker
Chapter 22
Living in islands of forests: nutritional ecology of the howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, North-eastern Costa Rica
Flavia Occhibove, Claudia Ferro, Gian Battista Liponi, Silvana M. Borgognini-Tarli, Joerg Ganzhorn, Giuseppe Donati
Chapter 23
A First Rare Species Action List for La Suerte and Ometepe: Correlates with Extinction, Invasion, Declines, the Allee Effect and no Recovery in Island Habitats
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 24
Lost species at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Facts from over 10 years of research, some speculations, liabilities and a very grim future outlook to resolve
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 25
Genetics as a tool for biodiversity conservation: examples from Central America
K. A. Cleary, A. Sanfiorenzo, and L.P. Waits
Chapter 26
A Systematic Framework for Spatial Conservation Planning and Ecological Priority Design: An Example from St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean
Jeffrey S. Evans, Steve Schill, George Raber
Chapter 27
Global Change in Central America, and Global Transitions toward a Carbon-free Society achieved through International Field Schools? Carbon Dioxide remains the most Toxic Gas for Mankind to be resolved
Falk Huettmann and students of the Climate Change classes 2011 & 2012 with the Maderas Rainforest Conservancy
Chapter 28
Human Aspects and Population Structures in Central America and its so-called Free Trade Zones: Imperialism, Immigration, Remittance Payments, Leakage, Brain Drain, Global Citizenship and Virtually Unlimited Inequalities during War and Globalization
Falk Huettmann
Chapter 29
A short presentation and discussion of digital research data sets in Central America, and for the field schools of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua)
Chapter 30
Assessments of carbon stock hotspots in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Moritz S. Schmid, Andrew Baltensperger, Jordan Grigor and Falk Huettmann
Chapter 31
Selected Undergraduate Student Projects at La Suerte and Ometepe Island: Try outs, Results, First Publications and more Ideas to Progress Research and Conservation
Falk Huettmann and many field school students & contributors
Chapter 32
The Good Future of La Suerte and Ometepe between Heaven and Decay: An informed Outlook for Central America leaves us with dramatic Environmental Obstacles for Conservation Management
Falk Huettmann and many Maderas Rainforest Conservancy field school students & contributors
