Chapter 13. The Whys and Wherefores of Deforestation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Chapter 1. Then and Now: Thirty-five Years in Suburbia 3
7. Chapter 2. The Importance of Controls in Ecology and Why We Don't Have Them 7
8. Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Ornithological Monitoring 11
9. Chapter 4. Wetlands in Trouble: The Chesapeake Bay 19
10. Chapter 5. The Mystery of the Missing Songbirds, Part I 40
11. Chapter 6. The Mystery of the Missing Songbirds, Part II: Where Is the Problem? 59
12. Chapter 7. Summer North, Winter South: Where Migrants Spend Their Lives 69
13. Chapter 8. Migrants in Passage 82
14. Chapter 9. The Ecology of Migrants in the Winter 89
15. Chapter 10. Territories and Flocks 102
16. Chapter 11. A Glimpse at Some Tropical Habitats 114
17. Chapter 12. Which Are the Crucial Habitats? 145
18. Chapter 13. The Whys and Wherefores of Deforestation 157
19. Chapter 14. Conservation in the Tropics 171
20. Bibliography 187
21. Author Index 199
22. Subject Index 202