TROPINET Vol. 7, No. 1
Editor: Elizabeth Braker, Department of Biology, Occidental
College, Los Angeles, CA 90041. FAX 213- 341- 4974, Email
BBRAKER@OXY.EDU, MCI 387- 8813. Associate Editor: Lucinda McDade,
EEOB Department, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721. Editorial
Assistant: Dylan Schilk
ASIA
Salim Ali International Award for Nature Conservation.
In celebration ofthe birth centenary of the world famous
ornithologist, Dr. Salim Ali, the Bombay Natural History Society has
instituted the Salim Ali Award for Nature Conservation. The biannual
award, which will first be given in 1996, will honor an individual of
any nationality for outstanding contribution and achievement in the
field of protection, management and conservation of natural
resources. The Bombay Natural History Society was founded in 1883 and
today is the largest non-governmental organization in the
subcontinent engaged in the conservation of nature and natural
resources, education, and research. The Society's guiding principle
has been that conservation must be based on scientific research a
tradition exemplified by its late president, Dr. Salim Ali.
Information: The Director, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill
House, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Bombay 400 023.
Tel: 284321, 2843869, FAX: 2837615.
LATIN AMERICA
The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation.
Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion was formed
on 14 January 1996, at Lake Yojoa, Honduras, by a group of biologists
from five countries and numerous branches of the biological sciences.
The new society will serve biologists and conservationists throughout
Central America and southern Mexico, by publishing a news bulletin
Mesoamericana, and by sponsoring annual congresses in Mesoamerica.
Persons interested in the society, as members or potential officers,
are invited to become founding members, subscribe to the bulletin,
and attend the first general meeting of the membership in Tegucigalpa
in June 1996. Institutions are also invited to help found the
society, the first ever of its kind in Mesoamerica. Members will
receive the quarterly Mesoamericana, which will include news in
Spanish and English of current projects, meetings, and literature, as
well as biographical sketches on founding members, and short,
non-technical articles of general use to biologists working in
Mesoamerica. Technical articles will be published in proceedings of
annual symposia or congresses. The first issue of Mesoamericana will
be published in June 1996. Information on Mesoamericana: Carlos
RenÇ Ram°rez Sosa, 4a. Avenida Sur #1, Apopa, San
Salvador, El Salvador. Tel: (503) 336-0152; Email:
crrlc@cunyvm.cuny.edu The cost of basic membership is $20 for 1996
(includes 3 issues of Mesoamericana). One can become a founding
member for $50. Institutions can become founders for $200, which
includes a subscription to the bulletin. Founding members and
founding institutions will be acknowledged in the bulletin. Founding
memberships will be available only through the end of 1996. Donations
larger than $200 are welcome, and donors will be recognized in print
as benefactors. Membership fees or other donations may be sent to
Oliver Komar (address below). Checks should be made out to
"Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation" or "Sociedad
Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion." Mesoamerican
residents have lower membership costs, and can contact directly one
of the acting secretaries, Silvia C. Chalukin, at Departmento de
Recursos Naturales y Conservacion Biol¢gica, Escuela Agricola
Panamericana, Apartado 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Tel. (504) 76-6140;
FAX (504) 76-6234; Email: eapdrn@ns.hondunet.net or
eaphpcs@ns.hondunet.net. The first meeting of MSBC will be held at
the Universidad Nacional Aut¢noma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa,
tentatively planned for 21-22 June 1996, at which the Society's
membership will approve its statutes and elect a board of officers
and trustees. The meeting includes a one-day symposium on
Mesoamerican biology, with invited papers and an open poster session.
Information on program and local arrangements: MSBA Acting President
Gerardo Borjas, Apartado 30-357, Toncontin, Tegucigalpa M.D.C.,
Honduras. Tel./FAX: 50-33-9576. Information on local lodging
arrangements and registration is also available from Oliver Komar.
--Oliver Komar, Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware OH 43015. Tel: 614-369-0175; Email: ookomar@cc.owu.edu Call
for Help. On 9 October 1995 the strongest earthquake on record since
1939 (magnitude 8.5 Richter) struck the coastal area of Jalisco and
Colima, MÇxico. Over 60 people died and thousands were left
injured and homeless. One affected institution was the Center for
Coastal Ecology of the University of Guadalajara, located in San
Patricio/Melague. The Center coordinated the marine field trip during
the 1994 SCB/ATB meeting in Guadalajara. It specializes in marine
turtle conservation, with over 12 years of continuous work in
Jalisco, management of coastal areas, and marine ecology. A portion
of the main building collapsed, and construction and equipment losses
amount to $75,000 and $40,000 USD, respectively. The Center is
requesting international support for reconstruction of the building
and the acquisition of lost equipment. To help, send contribution by
wire or money order to: Eduardo Santana Castell¢n, Chair, Dept.
of Ecology and Natural Resources, Centro Universitario Costa Sur,
University of Guadalajara, Ave., Independencia Nacional No. 151,
Autln de Navarro, Jalisco, MÇxico. Tel.: 338-10257; FAX:
338-10385.
In 1986, the Smithsonian Institution joined with UNESCO-MAB to create
the SI/MAB Biodiversity Program, part of the Biodiversity Programs of
the Smithsonian International Museum of Natural History. SI/MAB
focuses on problems associated with maintaining global forest
biodiversity, emphasizing the practical application for research in
achieving sustainable resource management. It combines long-term
biodiversity measuring and monitoring with professional training
courses that each the principles and procedures of monitoring and of
data collection, verification, and dissemination. The work is
accomplished in a global network of permanent, long-term biodiversity
monitoring plots in biosphere reserves and other protected forest
areas--centering on habitats that are riches in biodiversity or are
most threatened--to record forest composition, structure, and
dynamics, and environmental changes. Biodiversity measuring and
monitoring require an effective information management system, one
that can produce comparable data from a variety of research plots.
SI/MAB has devised and refined an integrated, computerized
data-management system, the Biodiversity Monitoring Database for
Long-term Plot Research (BioMon), for data entry, interpretation,
storage, and use in preparing publications. Through BioMon, accurate
results of plot monitoring are available rapidly for researchers and
host-country professionals. SI/MAB primarily records vegetation data,
but the system is designed to incorporate future links to handle
results from different types of research, such as fauna, hydrologic,
and soil surveys. BioMon is flexible and user-friendly, designed for
researchers with little prior training in the system. It has two
modules, designed for field and office. The field module is used to
record and store standard observations (tree types, measurements,
locations, diameters, stem conditions, height, etc.), along with
notations. The field module displays an array of basic calculations
for each plot, including the number of species and their relative
density, dominance, and frequency. The program can generate maps of
the trees in the plot. Thus, researchers can receive instant feedback
to help verify and interpret data while in the field. The office
module provides access to data from all SI/MAB plots, stored within
its own directory in a series of tables. The structure of the tables
is identical for each site so that researchers can make comparisons
across plots. The office module allows movement from database
management into statistical analysis, map creation, and use of data
for publications. SI/MAB's protocol for measuring and monitoring
biodiversity addresses methods, format, and appropriate review
standards for publishing data processed in BioMon. User and field
guides from each monitoring site are made available soon after data
are interpreted. User guides contain up-to-date, detailed biological
information about the plots so that researchers, managers, and
support personnel can conduct more effective programs. The companion
field guides are condensed versions of the user guides for
application on site at the plots. The data also form the basis for
numerous articles and reports disseminated to a wide audience through
journals and other means. BioMon is enhancing the content of SI/MAB's
publications, and allowing new staff and international counterparts
to carry out improved biodiversity monitoring and dissemination of
information.
Information: SI/MAB, Smithsonian Institution, Suite 3123, 1100
Jefferson Drive SW, Washington D.C. 20560 USA. Email:
ic.simab.ic.si.edu. Association of Systematics Collections. Please
note the following new address for ASC: 1725 K Street NW, Suite 601,
Washington, DC 20006-1401. Tel: 202-835-9050; FAX: 202-835-7334;
Email: asc@ascoll.org.
The Amazon Basin encompasses one of the last and most diverse
tropical rain forests in the world; the intense and inordinate
pattern of human occupation in the basin, however, make it very rare
that researchers have the opportunity to develop studies in pristine
areas that will remain dedicated exclusively for research. The
Ferreira Penna Research Station, a joint effort of the governments of
Brazil and Great Britain, offers this opportunity. The Ferreira Penna
Research Station, inaugurated in 1993, encompasses 33,100 hectares of
primary tropical rain forest, flooded forests, secondary vegetation
and non-forested areas in the Caxiuana National Forest, Brazil. The
station is located at 400 km southwest of Belem in an area accessible
only by boat. Although knowledge about the eastern Amazon's geography
and biodiversity is very limited, primary studies of fauna and flora
have identified six species of monkeys, 53 species of reptiles, 35
species of fish, 29 species of amphibians, 28 species of birds, five
species rodents, and three species of Edentata. Sixty species of
mosquitoes have been identified, but no major studies of other insect
groups have been undertaken. Surveys of the tropical forest and
flooded forests have identified over 381 species of large trees.
Seven Caboclo families live around the periphery of the station;
fishing and the extraction of natural products provide their
subsistence. Outside the preservation area, approximately 100
families who survive through fishing, occasional extraction of forest
products, and subsistence agriculture of manioc, bananas, and sugar
cane. The Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG) manages the Ferreira
Penna station. MPEG invites researchers to visit, and to submit
research and education projects to be conducted at the station. The
objectives of the Ferreira Penna station include: to be a center of
knowledge about the dynamics of ecological systems in eastern
Amazonia, to contribute to the development of conservation policies,
to evaluate the ecological impact of human activity on tropical
ecosystems, and to contribute to the understanding of processes of
human biological adaptation to the tropical ecosystem based on
archeological and contemporary research. Currently, 39 projects
ranging from fauna and flora biodiversity and conservation biology to
human adaptability and Caboclo social systems are being conducted at
the station. The station provides boats for transportation to and
from the station, lodging and cooking facilities to accommodate 64
people, laboratories, a computer room, library, and a 45 meter
observation tower. The station has electricity and treated running
water 24 hours a day and is permanently staffed by 11 workers
including a mechanic and a nurse.
For further information and details about application procedures
please contact in the USA: Hilton P. Silva at Department of
Anthropology, Ohio State University, 244 Lord Hall, 124 W. 17th Ave.,
Columbus, OH 43210. Tel: (614) 294-5874, FAX: (614) 292-4155, Email:
hsilva@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu. In Brazil contact: Dr. Pedro Lisboa
at Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Campus de Pesquisa, Caixa Postal
399, CEP 66000, Belem, Para, Brazil. Tel: 55(91)228-2341, FAX:
55(91)226-3824, Email (c/o Samuel Almeida):
samuel@marajo.ufpa.br.
Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership, and Intellectual
Property Rights. Beltsville, Maryland, USA, 19-22 May.
Annual Meeting of the Association of Systematics Collections.
Information: Amy Rossman, Tel: 301-504-5364; Email:
amy@fungi.ars.grin.gove.
44th Annual Meeting North American Benthological Society. Kalispell,
Montana, USA. 3-7 June. Information: Dr. Jack A. Stanford, Program
Chair, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 311 Biostation Lane, Polson
MT 59860 USA. 406-982-3301; FAX: 406-982-3201.
8th International Coral Reef Symposium. Panama City, Panama, 24-29
June. Information: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI Unit
0948, APO AA 34002-0948, USA. Email:
stri01.naos.brenesm@ic.si.edu.
Animal Behavior Society. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, 3-8 August.
Information: Con Slobodchikoff, Dept. of Biological Sciences,
University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Tel: 602
523-7231 Email: con.slobodchikoff@nau.edu
Association for Tropical Biology. Providence, Rhode Island, USA,
11-15 August. Information: Dr. Colian Orians, Department of Biology,
Tufts University, Medfor MA 02155. Tel: (617) 627-3543; FAX: (617)
627-3805; Email: corians@emerald.tufts.edu.
Ecology and Problem Solving. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 11-15
August. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.
Information: Dr. Jill Baron, Program Chair, Natural Resource Ecology
Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523. Tel:
(303) 491-1968; Email: jill@nrel.colostate.edu.
World Heritage Tropical Forests: Science for Better Conservation
Management. Cairns, North Queensland, Australia, 2-7 September.
Information: Conference Secretariat: Tel. (07) 369 0477, FAX: (07)
369 1512.
5th Intecol International Wetlands Conference. Perth, Australia,
22-28 September. Information: Dr. Jenny Davis, School of Biological
and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western
Australia 6150. Tel: 61 9 360 2939; Email:
davis@essun1.murdoch.edu.au. III
Latin American Congress of Ecology. MÇrida, Venezuela, 22-28
October. Information: Dr. Jaime E. PÇfaur, Secretario
Ejecutivo, III Congreso Latinoamericano de Ecologia, Facultad de
Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, MÇrida, Venezuela
5101.
Pan-African Ornithological Congress. Accra, Ghana, 1-8 December. Dr.
Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, Ghana Wildlife Society, PO Box 13252, Accra,
Ghana.
*Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Symposium. Beni Biosphere
Reserve, La Paz, Bolivia, 3-6 December. Information: Francisco
Dallmeier, Smithsonian/MAB Biodiversity Program, 1100 Jefferson
Drive, SW Suite 3123, Washington DC 20560, USA. Tel: (202) 357-4793
FAX: (202) 786-2557. Email: ic.fgd@ic.si.edu. Or Carmen Miranda,
Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia, Av. 16 de Julio 1732,
Casilla 5829, La Paz, Bolivia. Tel or FAX: (581-2) 350612. Email:
cMiranda@ebb.bo.
Natural Science Collections: A Resource for the Future. Durham,
England. 19-21 December. 2nd International Symposium and Work
Congress on the Preservation of Natural History Collections.
Information: Chris Collins, Natural Science Congress 96, Geological
Conservation Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Downing St., Cambridge
CB2 3EQ, UK
Director, Undergraduate Semester Program in tropical biology,
language, and culture. The Organization for Tropical Studies, a
consortium of 55 universities, seeks a Ph.D. biologist to plan and
implement a new program which teaches tropical biology in a cultural
context: direct faculty, liaise with universities, administration,
and limited teaching. The successful candidate will have knowledge of
Costa Rica, Spanish and English skills, experience with study abroad
programs, exceptional interpersonal skills, willingness to travel 50%
of the time and reside in Costa Rica. Position is full-time beginning
May, 1996. Salary range is $35,000 to $40,000 with Duke University
benefits. Review begins March 1, until position is filled. Send
application including Telephone numbers of 4 references: OTS, Box
90633, Durham, NC 27708. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Field Project Manager: Rainforest Conservation through Sustainable
Timber Extraction and Sawnwood Production in Buffer Zones around the
Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Applications
are being accepted for the position of Field Project Manager for a
new rainforest conservation project at the Gunung Palung National
Park. The project started in January, 1996, and the position is for a
two-year term, beginning immediately, or at the latest in June, 1996.
The objective of the 3-yr project is to develop a community
enterprise based on the sustainable, low-impact extraction of timber
and sawnwood production from a 5,000 ha selectively logged, buffer
zone forest adjacent to the National Park. The project is viewed by
the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry as a model to guide future
rainforest conservation policies. Project activities include: 1)
research to develop a robust model for logging operations and
silvicultural techniques in relation to objectives of enterprise
profitability, forest sustainability (e.g., growth & yield
studies), wildlife conservation benefits and socioeconomic
incentives; 2) developing a profitable community-based logging and
sawnwood marketing business; 3) monitoring studies to evaluate
project effects on the conservation status of the buffer zone forest,
and on community socioeconomic variables; and 4) training to help
community members develop self-sufficiency. The field project manager
will have primary responsibility for #s 1 & 2, and will work with
a small team comprised of Indonesian university, NGO, village and
forest department collaborators, and U.S. students, under the
direction of the Project Director. The ideal candidate would possess
a strong commitment to rainforest conservation; an academic and
practical background in tropical forest ecology and management,
especially emphasizing production forestry; skills in forestry
financial appraisal and business development; a prodigious capacity
to learn and integrate interdisciplinary information, and excellent
cross-cultural management abilities and prior experience living in
remote rainforest settings. Shortcomings in some of these areas are
expected (!). Moderate Indonesian language skill must be rapidly
achieved if not already in hand. The project manager will be based at
the field site, with a limited period in the U.S. each year. Salary
of up to $22,000 per annum will be provided, depending on
credentials, in addition to full benefits as a Harvard staff member.
Please send c.v. and letter to: Dr. Mark Leighton, Project Director
-- or contact by phone or email Peabody Museum for further details:
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: (617)
495-2288; FAX: (617) 496-8041; Email: leighton@fas.harvard.edu.
Applications will be perused in February after Dr. Leighton returns
from the field. A few will be selected for interviews in
Cambridge.
Field Director for School for Field Studies. SFS seeks a unique blend
of academic knowledge, entrepreneurial spirit, and proven management
skills to lead a faculty team and up to 32 college students in a
field-based applied program. The Field Director as overall academic
and administrative responsibility for the program and takes the lead
in institution building within the region. Locations include
Australia and Costa Rica. Requirements: Ph.D. or Masters degree with
7+ years of applied experience; proven management experience with
staff, logistics, and creation of educational programs and budgets,
teaching at the college level; familiarity with the region of the
center; and an ability to lead and motivate staff in a remote
setting. Position is residential. Send a detailed letter and c.v. to
The School for Field Studies, Box T, 16 Broadway, Beverly, MA, 01915.
FAX: 1 (508) 927-5127. Resident Faculty Positions: The School For
Field Studies. SFS seeks educators experienced in field-based
education to work in various locations worldwide including Australia
and Costa Rica. Experience in the following disciplines are needed:
Tropical Forestry and Ecology and Development Economics. Each center
has an ecologist, a resource manager and an economist. All positions
are residential. Qualifications: Ph.D. or Masters with 4 years of
applied experience, 2 years teaching at the college level, experience
in the region, and ability to live in a remote field setting. Send a
detailed letter explaining skills and experience with c.v. to The
School for Field Studies, Box T, 16 Broadway, Beverly, MA, 01915.
FAX: (508) 927-5127.
Biological Research Station Manager. The University of California at
Berkeley seeks to fill the position of Manager for the R.B. Gump
South Pacific Biological Research Station on Moorea, French
Polynesia. Duties include management of the station and its programs
and research in marine or terrestrial biology, biogeography, geology
or anthropology. The Manager will reside at the station and supervise
a staff of 3-4 persons. Organization, administrative and mechanical
skills are important prerequisites. The applicant should hold a Ph.D.
or Masters degree in the natural sciences, be conversant in French,
and a certified scuba diver. Salary range $31,920-$51,972 and
commensurate with experience. Send c.v. with names of three
references to Dr. Vincent H. Resh, R.B. Gump South Pacific Biological
Research Station, Dean's Office, College of Natural Resources, 101
Giannini Hall, #3100, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720.
Application deadline 31 March 1996.
International courses offered by the Tropical Science Center,
Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, San JosÇ, Costa Rica. A Life
Zone Ecology course offered in Spanish will take place 15 April - 3
May, 1996. A Tropical Dendrochronology course is offered in English
24 June - 12 July. Information: Dr. Humberto Jiminez Saa, Tropical
Science Center, P.O. Box 8-3870-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. Tel:
(506) 225-2649. FAX: (506) 253-4963. Email:
hjimenez@cariari.ucr.ac.cr. Fellowships and Funding Fellowship
Opportunities for Conservation Professionals from the Caribbean and
Latin America on Land Conservation and Stewardship.
The Atlantic Center for the Environment will conduct a five-week
fellowship program on land conservation and stewardship for
conservation professionals from countries in the Caribbean and Latin
America. Six positions will be available. This intensive program will
be practical and problem-solving in its approach, introducing
participants to conservation issues in the northeastern United States
and eastern Canada, and goals are to provide training and
professional development for conservation leaders from the Caribbean
and Latin America, promote an exchange of ideas and innovations in
the area of landscape conservation and stewardship, and strengthen
the capacity of NGOs in both regions to conserve natural areas
through stewardship. Through round-table discussions, site visits and
internships, participants will have the opportunity to share ideas
with their counterparts, acquire new information and develop their
practical skills. Dates: 8 July- 11 August 1996 (to be confirmed). To
apply, send letter of application, c.v., brief description of
organization for which you work, and two letters of reference (one
from the leader of another NGO). Application deadline: 15 April 1996.
Information and detailed application instructions: Brent Mitchell,
Director of Stewardship, QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment, 55
South Main Street, Ipswich MA 01398, USA. Tel: (508) 356-0038; FAX:
(508) 356-7322; Email: atlantictr.igc.apc.org.
Lecythidaceae of a Central Amazonian Moist Forest.
Scott A. Mori and Nadja Cunha, 1995. This treatment of
Lecythidaceae is part of a larger study, sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution and the Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazìnia (INPA),
to assess the effects of fragmentation on tropical rainforest. Mori
and Cunha provide a taxonomic treatment of Lecythidaceae, including
habitat, phenology distribution and representative specimens of the
family. Three new species are described. Also included are a
description of the subfamily Lecythidoidae and keys to the genera.
Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, vol. 75. ISBN
0-89327-396-1. $12.50 plus postage and handling (US orders: $3.50 +
5% of subtotal; non-USA orders: $4.50 + 6% of subtotal). The New York
Botanical Garden, Scientific Publications Department, Bronx, New York
NY 10458-5126 USA. FAX: 718-817-8842.
Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests:
Proceedings of the Neotropical Montane Forest Biodiversity and
Conservation Symposium, June 1993. S. P. Churchill, H.
Baslev, E. Forero, and J. Luteyn (eds.), 1995. In June of 1993,
nearly 200 scientists converged upon The New York Botanical Garden to
share information that would lead to a better understanding of the
biodiversity fond in the montane regions of the Neotropics and to
exchange ideas on fostering greater public awareness of the vast
deforestation taking place there. This resulting volume is both a
biological inventory and a call for immediate protection and
conservation. ISBN 0-89327-400-3. $85.00, plus postage and handling
(US orders: $3.50 + 5% of subtotal; non-USA orders: $4.50 + 6% of
subtotal). The New York Botanical Garden, Scientific Publications
Department, Bronx, New York NY 10458-5126 USA. FAX: 718-817-8842.
Extractivism in the Brazilian Amazon: Perspectives on Regional
Development. M. Clusener-Godt and Ignacy Sachs (eds.), 1995.
UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
Lemurs of Madagascar. R.A. Mittermeier, I. Tattersall,
W.R. Konstant, D.M. Meyers and R. B. Mast, 1994. Conservation
International, 1015 Eighteenth Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC
20036 USA
Priority Areas for Threatened Birds in the Neotropics.
D.C. Wege and A. Long, 1995. This book presents areas
country-by-country from Mexico south and including Major Caribbean
islands the most important areas for bird conservation. Includes maps
and tables. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 20560.
Three new reports from the World Resources Institute: New
Roots: Institutionalizing Environmental Mechanisms in Africa.
C. Dorm-Adzobu, 1995, Lessons from the Ground Up: African Development
that Works. P. G. Veit, A. Mascarenhas and O. Ampadu-Agyei; and
Policy Hits the Ground: Participation and Equity in Environmental
Policy-making. A. Zazueta, 1995. World Resources Institute, 1709 New
York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006.
Domestication of Tropical Trees for Timber and Non-timber
Products. R. Leakey and A. Newton (eds.). UNESCO, 7 Place de
Fotnenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
Investigacion, Conservacion, y Desarrollo en Selvas
Subtropicales de Montana. Brown, A.D. and H.R. Grau (eds.).
1995. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ecol¢gicas de las Yungas
(LIEY). This book resulted from an international conference in
Tucumn, Argentina en April of 1993, which had the goal of bringing
together professionals from a diverse set of disciplines to discuss
and plan strategies for investigation, conservation, and long term
development for the mountainous region of northeastern Argentina and
southern Bolivia. The subtropical mountain forests of the region are
under pressure from development and deforestation, although the water
derived from them is essential for industrial, agricultural, and
urban uses in the lowlands. The volume contains papers on ecology,
climate, floristics, and fauna. $US 15.00 from: Myrian Roxana Aragon,
C.C. N. 34 (4107), Yerba Buena, Tucumn, Argentina.
The Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of Southeastern Peru: A
Biological Assessment. 1994. Rapid Assessment Program Working
Paper #6, Conservation International, Department of Conservation
Biology, 1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20036.
Casuarinas. N.S. Subarao and C. Rodriguez-Barrueco,
1995. This book examines the biology, taxonomy, management,
cultivation practices, and economics of the tree species of this
tropical family; with major emphasis on the microbial associations
that render Casuarinas self-dependent in nutrient requirements.
Science Publishers Inc., 52 LaBombard Road North, Lebanon, NH 03766,
USA.