Vegetation Mapping Edited by Roy Alexander Environment Research Group, Department of Geography, Chester College, UK and Andrew C. Millington Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK The past decade has witnessed a resurgence of interest and activity in the mapping of vegetation that has been driven by the needs of environmental modellers and policy makers on the one hand and by the increased availability of data sets and sophisticated tools for their handling and analysis on the other. This increased activity, together with the greater variety of purposes for which vegetation maps...
Vegetation Mapping Edited by Roy Alexander Environment Research Group, Department of Geography, Chester College, UK and Andrew C. Millington Departmen...
Andrew C. Millington Stephen J. Walsh Patrick E. Osborne
In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber extraction, has attracted little attention and gained some notoriety. The overall aim of the present paper was to examine how environmental micro-variation in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve of Belize can influence species distribution and thereby inform management strategy. The paper deals first with the background to forest management in Belize, then considers the methodology used in the present study and fin ly assesses the preliminary results....
In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber ex...
Alison J. Reading Russell D. Thompson Andrew C. Millington
The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work by geographers, biologists, ecologists, geologists and climatologists to present a complete and integrated appraisal of the natural environment of all the humid tropical regions of the world.
The most complete textbook on this key subject.
Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.
Informative case studies and examples.
Considers the...
The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work b...
The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work by geographers, biologists, ecologists, geologists and climatologists to present a complete and integrated appraisal of the natural environment of all the humid tropical regions of the world.
The most complete textbook on this key subject.
Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.
Informative case studies and examples.
Considers the...
The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work b...
Andrew C. Millington Stephen J. Walsh Patrick E. Osborne
In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber extraction, has attracted little attention and gained some notoriety. The overall aim of the present paper was to examine how environmental micro-variation in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve of Belize can influence species distribution and thereby inform management strategy. The paper deals first with the background to forest management in Belize, then considers the methodology used in the present study and fin ly assesses the preliminary results....
In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber ex...
