00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773861875990 Buklod 20120210083851.0 g||| | || || ta 160818s2011 wauab r |||1 0|eng d 9781935623021 (cloth : alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00009055432 BC-61794 Php5,666.00 BAG rda eng QH 179 E22 2011 The ecology and conservation of seasonally dry forests in Asia edited by William J. McShea, Stuart J. Davies, and Naris Bhumpakphan. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press 2011. vii, 418 pages illustrations, maps 27 cm. A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge--Title page. "Published in cooperation with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc." Includes bibliographical references and index. Seasonally dry forests of tropical Asia: an ecosystem adapted to seasonal drought, frequent fire, and human activity / William J. McShea and Stuart J. Davies -- Seasonally dry tropical forests in continental Southeast Asia: structure, composition, and dynamics / Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Patrick J. Baker, and Stuart J. Davies -- Seasonally dry tropical forests in Southern India: an analysis of floristic composition, structure, and dynamics in Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary / Hebbalalu Satyanarayana Suresh, Handanakere Sbivaramaiah Dattaraja, Nandita Mondal,and Raman Sukumar -- The uncertainty in mapping seasonally dry tropical forests in Asia/ Peter Leimgruber, Melanie Delion, and Melissa Songer -- The role of disturbance in seasonally dry tropical forest landscapes / Virginia H. Dale -- Fire management in South and Southeast Asia's seasonally dry forests: colonial approaches, current problems, and perspectives / Kobsak Wanthongchai andjohann Georg Goldammer -- The evolution and ecology of dry tropical forest gingers (Zingiberaceae) in Southeast Asia / W. John Kress -- Seasonality in Avian communities of a dipterocarp monsoon forest and related habitats in Myanmar's central dry zone / John H. Rappole, Nay Myo Shwe, Myint Aung, and 'William J. McShea -- A trip along river cauvery / A. J. T. Johnsingh and R. Raghunath -- Asian elephants and seasonally dry forests / Prithiviraj Fernando and Peter Leimgrub -- Tropical deer in the seasonally dry forests of Asia: ecology, concerns, and potential for conservation / William J. McShea and Megan C. Bake -- Ecology of Gaur and Banteng in the seasonally dry forests of Thailand / Naris Bhumpakphan and William J. McShea -- Rainfall patterns and unpredictable fruit production in seasonally dry evergreen forest and their effects on gibbons/ Warren Y. Brockelman -- Sloth dears living in seasonally dry tropical and moist broadleaf forests and their conservation/ John Seidensticker, K. Yoganand, and A. J. T. Johnsing -- Seasonally dry tropical forest is essential tiger habitat/ James L. David Smith, Saksit Simchareon, Achara Simchareon, Peter Cutter, Bhim Gurung, Raghunandan Chundawat, Charles McDougal, and John Seidensticke -- Ecology and distribution of sympatric Asiatic black bears and sun bears in the seasonally dry forests of Southeast Asia / Robert Steinmetz -- Tropical Asian dry forest amphibians and reptiles: a regional comparison of ecological communities / George R. Zug -- The impact of local communities on a dry tropical forest sanctuary: a case study from Upper Myanmar (Burma) / Melissa Songer, Myint Aung, Khaing Khaing Swe, Thida Oo, Chris Wemmer, Ruth DeFries, and Peter Leimgruber / Subsistence living in the Burmese forest / Chris Wemmer -- Governing the flame: bunong management of fire regimes in Mondulkiri Province, Northeast Cambodia / Megan Maclnnes -- Local residents' attitudes toward seasonally dry forests at selected sites in Nepal and Myanmar / Teri D. Allendorf -- Conservation planning and management in Southeast Asia's seasonally dry forest landscapes: experiences from Cambodia / Andrew L. Maxwell and Nicholas J. Cox -- Index -- List of contributors. Forest ecology Asia. Forest conservation Asia. Forest management Asia. McShea, William J. editor. Davies, Stuart James. editor. Bhumpakphan, Naris. editor. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN QH 179 E22 2011 Book