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CTC
Center for
Tropical
Conservation
John
Terborgh, Ph.D.
Director
Duke
University
Box 90381
Durham, NC 27708
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Recent Articles:
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Condit et al. Science Magazine Report, Volume 295, January 25, 2001: Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forest Trees
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Terborgh et al. Science Magazine Report, Volume 294, November 30, 2001: Ecological Meltdown in Predator Free Forest Fragments
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From the Duke News Service: Island Study Suggests Predators Key to Healthy Ecosystem
Many
other publications and reports are available free of charge from the
CTC:
Reprints:
Pitman,
N., Terborgh, J., Silman, M., Nunez, P.,Neill, D.,Ceron, C., Palacios,
W., Aulestia, M.
Dominance and Distribution of the Tree Species in Upper Amazonian Terra
Firme Forests. Ecology 82: 2101-2117.
Terborgh, J. 2000. The Fate of Tropical Forests: a Matter of Stewardship. Conservation Biology 14: 1358-1361.
Terborgh,
John and Wright, Joseph S. 1994. Effects of Mammalian Herbivores on
Plant Recruitment in Two Neotropical Forests.
Ecology 75: 1829-1833.
Terborgh, J., Lopez, L., and Tellos, J.S. 1997. Bird Communities in Transition: The Lago Guri Islands. Ecology 78: 1494-1501.
Pirman, N., Terborgh, J., Silman, M., Nunez, P.V. 1999. Tree Species in an Upper Amazonian Forest. Ecology 80: 2651-2661.
Terborgh, J., Foster, R., Nunez, P.V. 1996. Tropical Tree Communities: A Test of the Nonequilibrium Hypothesis. Ecology 77: 561-567.
Terborgh, J., Flores, C., Mueller, P., Davenport, L. 1997. Estimating the Ages of Successional Stands of Tropical Trees from Growth Increments. Journal of Tropical Ecology14: 833-856.
Terborgh, J., and Andresen, E. 1998. The Composition of Amazonian Forests: Patterns at Local and Regional Scales. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 645-664.
Reports:
"Amazonian
Nature Reserves: An Analysis of the Defensibility Status of Existing
Conservation Units and Design Criteria for the Future," Carlos A. Peres
and John W. Terborgh, September 1994.
"Biodiversity of Tropical Rain Forests: Ecology and Economics of an
Elusive Resource," Carel van Schaik, Randall Kramer, Priya Shyamsundar,
and Nick Salafsky, December 1992.
"Can Extractive Reserves Save the Rain Forest?" Nick Salafsky, Barara
L. Dugelby, and John W. Terborgh, April 1992.
"Communities and Sustainable Forestry in Developing Countries," William Asher, May 1994.
"Considerations of the Ecological Foundation of Natural Forest Management in the American Tropics," Francis E. Putz, January 1993.
"Ecotourism, Handicrafts and the Management of Protected Areas in Developing Countries," Robert G. Healy, April 1994.
"Political Economy and Problematic Forestry Policies in Indonesia: Obstacles to Incorporating Sound Economics and Science," William Asher, July 1993.
"Implementing Pollution Prevention at the U.S. Agency for International Development," John Warren, Gwen J. Riley, Doran L. Webster, August 1993.
"Pollution Prevention Implementation in Developing Countries," Joel S. Hirschorn, May 1993.
"Science and Forestry Policy in Costa Rica and Honduras," William Asher, February 1993.
"Threats to Protected Rainforest Areas: Developing a Framework for the Analysis of Underlying Causes," Madhu Rao, Subith Subramaniam, and Carel van Schaik, December 1995.
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