Forest Diversity and Management

Natural forests with thousands of years of ecological continuity are unrivalled as the treasure store of terrestrial biodiversity on Earth. And while there is currently no fully comprehensive inventory of the biota associated with any given forest, it is

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TOPICS IN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Volume 2

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Forest Diversity and Management

Edited by

David L. Hawksworth and Alan T. Bull

Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 15:4 (2006)

123

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the library of Congress.

ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13

1-4020-5207-3 (HB) 978-1-4020-5207-1 (HB) 1-4020-5208-1 (e-book) 978-1-4020-5208-8 (e-book)

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Contents

Forest Diversity and Management Introduction

1

D. CLOSSET-KOPP, A. SCHNITZLER and D. ARAN / Dynamics in natural mixed-beech forest of the Upper Vosges

3–33

OSWALDO TÉLLEZ-VALDÉS, PATRICIA DÁVILA-ARANDA and RAFAEL LIRA-SAADE / The effects of climate change on the long-term conservation of Fagus grandifolia var. mexicana, an important species of the Cloud Forest in Eastern Mexico

35–47

OLIVARIMBOLA ANDRIANOELINA, HERY RAKOTONDRAOELINA, LOLONA RAMAMONJISOA, JEAN MALEY, PASCAL DANTHU and JEAN-MARC BOUVET / Genetic diversity of Dalbergia monticola (Fabaceae) an endangered tree species in the fragmented oriental forest of Madagascar

49–68

HÉLÈNE GONARD, FRANÇOIS ROMANE, IGNACIO SANTA REGINA and SALVATORE LEONARDI / Forest management and plant species diversity in chestnut stands of three Mediterranean areas

69–82

FRIEDRICH PATRICK GRAZ / Spatial diversity of dry savanna woodlands Assessing the spatial diversity of a dry savanna woodland stand in northern Namibia using neighbourhood-based measures

83–97

BÄRBEL BLEHER, DANA USTER and THOMAS BERGSDORF / Assessment of threat status and management effectiveness in Kakamega Forest, Kenya

99–117

MASASHI OHSAWA and TAKUO NAGAIKE / Influence of forest types and effects of forestry activities on species richness and composition of Chrysomelidae in the central mountainous region of Japan

119–131

ANDREAS HEMP / The banana forests of Kilimanjaro: biodiversity and conservation of the Chagga homegardens

133–157

M.G.P. TCHOUTO, M. YEMEFACK, W.F. DE BOER, J.J.F.E. DE WILDE, L.J.G. VAN DER MAESEN and A.M. CLEEF / Biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities in the Campo-Ma‘an rain forests, Cameroon

159–192

R. KINDT, P. VAN DAMME and A.J. SIMONS / Tree diversity in western Kenya: using profiles to characterise richness and evenness

193–210

GERHARD LANGENBERGER, KONRAD MARTIN and JOACHIM SAUERBORN / Vascular plant species inventory of a Philippine lowland rain forest and its conservation valu