NCEAS Project 9100
Biodiversity and conservation value of agricultural landscapes of Mesoamerica
- Robin L. Chazdon
- Daniel M. Griffith
| Activity | Dates | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Working Group | 16th—20th May 2005 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 10th—14th November 2005 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 9th—12th June 2006 | Participant List |
Abstract
This working group will synthesize information from research conducted across eight Mesoamerican countries to elucidate and promote principles for conservation action in human-impacted landscapes of Mesoamerica and to enhance the contribution to biodiversity conservation of forest fragments, extant agriculture, post-agricultural secondary forests, and forest restoration projects. Substantial ecological data sources are available now to develop such a synthesis and to promote the use of current knowledge in conservation planning, biodiversity assessment, corridor development, and transnational cooperation, all with local community participation. We anticipate that this internationally-based effort will provide scientific information critical to the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and to harmonizing biodiversity conservation and agricultural production throughout Mesoamerica.
| Type | Products of NCEAS Research |
|---|---|
| Journal Article | Brander, Keith; Bruno, John F.; Hobday, Alistair; Shoeman, David. 2011. Correspondence: The value of attribution. Nature Climate Change. Vol: 1. Pages 70-71. |
| Presentations | Chazdon, Robin L. 2007. Perspectivas para la conservación de especies de bosques tropicales en paisajes agrícolas. 17 Congrego Mexicano de Botánica, Sociedad Mexicana de Botánica. |
| Journal Article | Chazdon, Robin L.; Letcher, Susan G.; van Breugel, Michiel; Martinez-Ramos, Miguel; Bongers, Frans; Finegan, Bryan. 2007. Rates of change in tree communities of secondary Neotropical forests following major disturbances. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol: 362. Pages 273-289. |
| Journal Article | Chazdon, Robin L.; Harvey, Celia; Komar, Oliver; Griffith, Daniel M.; Ferguson, Bruce G.; Martinez-Ramos, Miguel; Morales, Helda; Nigh, Ronald; Soto-Pinto, Lorena; van Breugel, Michiel; Philpott, Stacy. 2009. Beyond reserves: A research agenda for conserving biodiversity in human-modified tropical landscapes. Biotropica. Vol: 41(2). Pages 142-153. |
| Book Chapter | Chazdon, Robin L.; Harvey, Celia; Martinez-Ramos, Miguel; Schondube, J.; Avila Cabadilla, L. D.; Flores-Hidalgo, M. In-press. Tropical dry forest biodiversity and conservation value in agricultural landscapes of Mesoamerica.. Edited by R. Dirzo, H. A.; Mooney, G. Ceballos; H. Young Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Dry Forests. Island Press. Pages 195-219. |
| Report or White Paper | Ferguson, Bruce G.; Griffith, Daniel M.; Morales, Helda; Vilchez, B.; Diemont, S.; Alfaro Solórzano, G.; Chazdon, Robin L. 2006. Biodiversidad y Conservación en los Agropaisajes Mesoamericanos. Boletín de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación. Vol: 10. Pages 1-14. |
| Presentations | Griffith, Daniel M. 2006. Variation in tropical forest regeneration along an agricultural land use gradient. I Congress of the Mexican Scientific Society of Ecology, November 26-30, 2006. Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. |
| Journal Article | Harvey, Celia; Komar, Oliver; Chazdon, Robin L.; Ferguson, Bruce G.; Finegan, Bryan; Griffith, Daniel M.; Martinez-Ramos, Miguel; Morales, Helda; Nigh, Ronald; Soto-Pinto, Lorena. 2008. Integrating agricultural landscapes with biodiversity conservation in the Mesoamerican hotspot. Conservation Biology . Vol: 22. Pages 8-15. |
| Journal Article | Holl, Karen. 2007. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics. Old Fields. Island Press. Washington D.C.. Pages 93-117. |
| Data Set | Philpott, Stacy. 2007. Ants, birds, and tree diversity: Coffee agroecosystem meta-analysis. (Abstract) (Online version) |
| Journal Article | Philpott, Stacy; Arendt, W.; Armbrecht, I.; Dietsch, T.; Gordon, C.; Greenberg, R.; Soto-Pinto, Lorena; Tejada-Cruz, C.; Williams-Linera, G.; Valenzuela, J. 2008. Biodiversity loss in Latin American coffee landscapes: Review of the evidence on ants, birds, and trees. Conservation Biology. Vol: 22(5). Pages 1093-1105. |