Sustainability and diversity of forest ecosystems an interdisciplinary approach ; reprinted from Ecological research vol. 22 (3) 2007

biodiversity Is Decreasing At The Fastest Rate In The History Of The Earth, Largely As A Result Of Human Activity. The Sustainable Use Of Ecosystems Allowing Maintenance Of Biological Diversity Is An Urgent Problem That Must Be Solved. Among Terrestrial Ecosystems, Forests Support The Richest Biological Diversity. The Interaction Of Humans And Forests Has A Long History, But Recent Changes Have Been The Most Drastic Ever. The Rapid Decrease And Deterioration Of Forest Ecosystems Has Been Caused By Social, Economic, And Ecological Factors, Which May Vary Locally But Are Common Globally. The Mechanisms Causing Biodiversity Loss Through Forest Utilization And The Results Of That Loss Of Biodiversity Are Still Virtually Unknown, Although Such Knowledge Is Crucial To Developing Sustainable Management Strategies. The Work Featured In This Book Presents The Results Achieved By The Rihn Project, Together With Reports On Other International Activities And Related Efforts, As Ecologists, Forestry Scientists, Environmental Economists, And Sociologists Share In Discussions Of The Issues. Front Matter....Pages I-VII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity....Pages 361-371 Degradation of longicorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniidae) fauna caused by conversion from broad-leaved to man-made conifer stands of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) in central Japan....Pages 372-381 Genetic and reproductive consequences of forest fragmentation for populations of Magnolia obovata ....Pages 382-389 Ecological function losses caused by monotonous land use induce crop raiding by wildlife on the island of Yakushima, southern Japan....Pages 390-402 Degradation and loss of forest land and land-use changes in Sarawak, East Malaysia: a study of native land use by the Iban....Pages 403-413 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Sustainable use of tropical forests by reduced-impact logging in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia....Pages 414-421 When is it optimal to exhaust a resource in a finite time?....Pages 422-430 Bio-economic resource management under threats of environmental catastrophes....Pages 431-438 Among terrestrial ecosystems, forests support the richest biological diversity. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is problem that must be solved. This book features work presenting the results achieved by the RIHN project, together with reports on other international activities and related efforts