NCEAS Project 9100

Biodiversity and conservation value of agricultural landscapes of Mesoamerica

  • Chazdon, Robin
  • Griffith, Daniel

ActivityDatesFurther Information
Working Group16th—20th May 2005Participant List   Agenda
Working Group10th—14th November 2005Participant List  
Working Group9th—12th June 2006Participant 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.

TypeProducts of NCEAS Research
PublicationChazdon, 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.. Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Dry Forests. Island Press.
PublicationChazdon, 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. Vol: 362. Pages 273-289.
PublicationHarvey, Celia ; Komar, Oliver ; Chazdon, Robin L.; Ferguson, Bruce ; 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.
PublicationHoll, Karen 2007. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics. Old Fields. Island Press. Washington D.C.. Pages 93-117.
PublicationPhilpott, Stacy ; Arendt, W. ; Armbrecht, I. ; Dietsch, T. ; Gordon, C. ; Greenberg, R. ; Soto-Pinto, Lorena ; Tejada-Cruz, C. ; Williams-Linera, G. ; Valenzuela, J. In-press. Biodiversity loss in Latin American coffee landscapes: Reviewing evidence on ants, birds, and trees. Conservation Biology.
Data setPhilpott, Stacy 2007. Ants, birds, and tree diversity: Coffee agroecosystem meta-analysis. (Abstract) (Online version)
Meeting or WorkshopChazdon, Robin L.2007. Managing Tropical Agricultural Landscapes to Enhance Biodiversity. Symposium: Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, July 17, 2007. Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
PresentationChazdon, Robin L.2007. Perspectivas para la conservacion de especies de bosques tropicales en paisajes agricolas. 17 Congrego Mexicano de Botanica, Sociedad Mexicana de Botanica.
ProposalChazdon, Robin L.2007. Successional pathways and rates of change in tropical forests of Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico. NSF/LTREB.
Proposal2007. Regenerating tropical rainforests: An international network for research and training. National Science Foundation/PIRE 2007.
ReportFerguson, Bruce ; Griffith, Daniel M.; Morales, Helda ; Vilchez, B. ; Diemont, S. ; Alfaro Solorzano, G. ; Chazdon, Robin L.2006. Biodiversidad y Conservacion en los Agropaisajes Mesoamericanos. Boletin de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion. Vol: 10. Pages 1-14.