Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environme
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Edited by O.L. Lange, Wiirzburg, FRG H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA H. Remmert, Marburg, FRGt
Ecological Studies Volumes published since 1989 are listed at the back of this book.
Lawrence S. Hamilton James O. Juvik F. N. Scatena Editors
Tropical~ontane
Cloud Forests With 102 illustrations
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F. N. Scatena International Institute of Tropical Forestry USDA Forest Service Rio Piedras, PR 00928 USA
Lawrence Hamilton Islands and Highlands Environmental Consultancy RR #1, Box l685A Hinesburg, VT 05461 USA James o. Juvik Department of Geography University of Hawaii, Hilo Hilo, HI 96720 USA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tropical montane cloud forests / Lawrence S. Hamilton, James o. Juvik, and F. N. Scatena, editors. p. cm. - (Ecological studies; v. 110) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:978-1-4612-7564-0 l. Cloud forest ecology. 2. Cloud forests. 3. Mountain ecologyTropics. 1. Hamilton, Lawrence S. II. Juvik, James O. m. Scatena, F. N. IV. Series. QH54l.5.C63T76 1994 94-12683 574.5'2642-ilc20 Printed on acid-free paper. An earlier version of this book was published by the East-West Center.
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In Memory of Alwyn Gentry The editors dedicate these proceedings to Dr. Alwyn Gentry, a participant in the symposium and a stalwart champion for tropical cloud forest conservation. His untimely
