Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests Book

Part I Introduction to Neotropical montane oak forests

1. Global and Neotropical distribution and diversity of oak (genus Quercus) and oak forests

Kevin C. Nixon

Part II Paleo-ecology and biogeography

2. Immigration of oak into northern South America: a paleo-ecological document

Henry Hooghiemstra

3. Effects of the Younger Dryas cooling event on Late Quaternary montane oak forest in Costa Rica

Gerald A. Islebe and Henry Hooghiemstra

4. Altitudinal zonation of montane oak forests along climate and soil gradients in Costa Rica

Maarten Kappelle and Jan-Gerrit van Uffelen

5. Saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal macrofungi of Costa Rican oak forests

Gregory M. Mueller, Roy E. Halling, Julieta Carranza, Milagro Mata, and John P. Schmit

6. Diversity and biogeography of lichens in neotropical montane oak forests

Harrie J. M. Sipman

7. Epiphytic communities of bryophytes and macrolichens in a Costa Rican montane oak forest

Ingo Holz

Part III Stand structure and composition

8. Composition and structure of humid montane oak forests at different sites in central and eastern Mexico

Isolda Luna Vega, Othón Alcántara Ayala, Carlos Alberto Ruiz-Jiménez, and Raúl Contreras-Medina

9. Oak forests of the hyper-humid region of La Chinantla, northern Oaxaca Range, Mexico

Jorge A. Meave, Armando Rincón and Marco A. Romero-Romero

10. Structure and composition of Costa Rican montane oak forests

Maarten Kappelle

11. Structure and composition of Colombian montane oak forests

María T. Pulido, Jaime Cavelier, and Sandra P. Cortés

Part IV Population dynamics

12. Regeneration and population dynamics of Quercus rugosa at the Ajusco Volcano, Mexico

Consuelo Bonfil

13. Ecology of acorn dispersal by small mammals in montane forests of Chiapas, Mexico

Fabiola López Barrera and Robert H. Manson

14. Establishment, survival and growth of tree seedlings under successional montane oak forests in Chiapas, Mexico

Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial, Angélica Camacho-Cruz, Mario González-Espinosa, and Fabiola López-Barrera

15. Population structures of two understory plant species along an altitudinal gradient in Costa Rican montane oak forests

Thomas V.M. Groot, Marc Stift, J. Gerard B. Oostermeijer, Antoine M. Cleef, and Maarten Kappelle

Part V Ecosystem disturbance and regeneration

16. Secondary Succession in montane pine-oak forests of Chiapas, Mexico

Mario González-Espinosa, Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial, and Luis Galindo-Jaimes

17. Changes in diversity and structure along a successional gradient in a Costa Rican montane oak forest

Maarten Kappelle

18. Regeneration dynamics in a Costa Rican montane oak forest after reduced-impact logging

Manuel R. Guariguata, Grace P. Sáenz, and Lucio Pedroni

19. Growth and physiological responses of oak, pine and shrub seedlings to edge gradients in a fragmented Mexican montane oak forest

Heidi Asbjornsen, K.A. Vogt, and P.M.S. Ashton

20. Morphological variations of gall-forming insects on different species of oaks (Quercus) in Mexico

Ken Oyama, C. Scareli-Santos, M.L. Mondragón-Sánchez, E. Tovar-Sánchez, and P. Cuevas-Reyes

21. Above-ground water and nutrient fluxes in three successional stages of Costa Rican montane oak forest with contrasting epiphyte abundance

Lars Köhler, Dirk Hölscher, and Christoph Leuschner

22. Changes in fine root system size and structure during secondary succession in a Costa Rican montane oak forest

Dietrich Hertel, Dirk Hölscher, Lars Köhler, and Christoph Leuschner

23. Soil seed bank changes along a forest interior – edge – pasture gradient in a Costa Rican montane oak forest

Martijn ten Hoopen and Maarten Kappelle

24. Frugivorous birds, habitat preference and seed dispersal in a fragmented Costa Rican montane oak forest landscape

Joost J.A.M. Wilms and Maarten Kappelle

25. Diet and habitat preference of the Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis) in Costa Rican montane oak forest

Michael García-Rojas

26. Small terrestrial rodents in disturbed and old-growth montane oak forest in Costa Rica

Maurits B. van den Bergh and Maarten Kappelle

27. Habitat preference, feeding habits and conservation of Baird’s Tapir in neotropical montane oak forests

Mathias W. Tobler, Eduardo J. Naranjo, and Iván Lira-Torres

Part VI Conservation and sustainable use

28. Dynamics and silviculture of montane mixed oak forests in western Mexico

Miguel Olvera-Vargas, Blanca Lorena Figueroa-Rangel, José Martin Vázquez-López, and Nick Brown

29. Vascular epiphytes and their potential as a conservation tool in pine-oak forests of Chiapas, Mexico

Jan H.D. Wolf and Alejandro Flamenco-S.

30. Land use, ethnobotany and conservation in Costa Rican montane oak forests

Maarten Kappelle and Marta E. Júarez

31. Charcoal production in a Costa Rican montane oak forest

Robin aus der Beek, Geoffrey Venegas, and Lucio Pedroni

32. Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of Central American montane oak forests

Bernal Herrera and Adelaida Chaverri †

33. Economic valuation of water supply as a key environmental service provided by montane oak forest watershed areas in Costa Rica

Gerardo Barrantes Moreno

Part VII Synthesis

34. Neotropical montane oak forests: overview and outlook

Maarten Kappelle

Taxonomic Index

Subject Index