Tropical Forests in Transition. Ecology of Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance Processes.1992.Illus. VII,270 p.Hardcover.

Contents (partly): Preface/ Tropical Forests in Transition: Ecology ofNatural and Anthropogenic Disturbance Processes - An Introduction,J.G.Goldammer/ Palynological Evidence Relating to Disturbance and OtherEcological Phenomena of Rain Forests, J.R.Flenley/ Holocene Autochthonous Forest Degradation in Southeast Venezuela, H.Foelster/Vegetation, Megaherbivores, Man and Climate in the Quaternary and theGenesis of Closed Rain Forests, W.Schuele/ Succession After Disturbanceof Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest by Shifting Agriculture in EastKalimantan, Indonesia, S.Riswan and R.Abdulhadi/ Degradation of aForest in the Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya, as Initiated by Manand Maintained by Wildlife, R.Schmidt/ Anthropo-Zoogenic Impact on theStructure and Regeneration of a Submontane Forest in Kenya, K.Schmitt/Tropical Mountain Ecology in Ethiopia as a Basis of Conservation,Management and Restoration, S.K.Uhlig/ Forests for Integrated Land-UseDevelopment in an Eastern Ethiopian Water Catchment, H.Uibrig/Geoecological Consequences of Human Impacts on Forests in Sri Lanka,C.Preu and W.Erdelen/ etc.