Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Part I. Biodiversity and Ecological Studies
6. Section A. Costa Rican Dry Forest
7. 2. FLOWERING PHENOLOGY AND POLLINATION SYSTEMS DIVERSITY IN THE SEASONAL DRY FOREST 17
8. 3. BREEDING STRUCTURE OF NEOTROPICAL DRY-FOREST TREE SPECIES IN FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES 30
9. 4. IMPACT OF GLOBAL CHANGES ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF TREES IN TROPICAL DRY FORESTS 38
10. 5. TROPICAL DRY-FOREST MAMMALS OF PALO VERDE: ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE 48
11. 6. THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF BEES AND ANTS IN THE COSTA RICAN DRY FOREST 67
12. 7. ECOLOGY OF DRY-FOREST WILDLAND INSECTS IN THE AREA DE CONSERVACIÓN GUANACASTE 80
13. Section B. Biotic Relationships with Other Costa Rican Forests
14. 8. DIVERSITY, MIGRATION, AND CONSERVATION OF BUTTERFLIES IN NORTHERN COSTA RICA 99
15. 9. WATERSHED ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION: HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE NORTHWEST OF COSTA RICA 115
16. 10. WHERE THE DRY FOREST FEEDS THE SEA: THE GULF OF NICOYA ESTUARY 126
17. 11. MANGROVE FORESTS UNDER DRY SEASONAL CLIMATES IN COSTA RICA 136
18. Section C. Biotic Relationships with Other Geographical Areas
19. 12. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF COSTA RICAN DRY-FOREST AVIFAUNA 147
20. 13. AN ULTRASONICALLY SILENT NIGHT: THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST WITHOUT BATS 160
21. 14. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF MESOAMERICAN DRY-FOREST HERPETOFAUNA 177
22. 15. PARQUE MARINO LAS BAULAS: CONSERVATION LESSONS FROM A NEW NATIONAL PARK AND FROM 45 YEARS OF CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN COSTA RICA 194
23. 16. PROSPECTS FOR CIRCA SITUM TREE CONSERVATION IN MESOAMERICAN DRY-FOREST AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS 210
24. Part II. Transferring Biodiversity Knowledge into Action: The Record
25. 17. BIODIVERSITY INVENTORIES IN COSTA RICA AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CONSERVATION 229
26. 18. CONFLICT RESOLUTION: RECOGNIZING AND MANAGING DISCORD IN RESOURCE PROTECTION 237
27. 19. CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN RURAL NORTHWESTERN COSTA RICA: LEARNING THE LESSONS OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 247
28. 20. THE MEDIA AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 257
29. 21. THREATS TO THE CONSERVATION OF TROPICAL DRY FOREST IN COSTA RICA 266
30. 22. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OF COSTA RICA: DEVELOPMENT AND ENFORCEMENT 281
31. 23. DISPUTE OVER THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN COSTA RICA 289
32. 24. THE POLICY CONTEXT FOR CONSERVATION IN COSTA RICA: MODEL OR MUDDLE? 299
33. 25. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 311
34. CONTRIBUTORS 325
35. INDEX 327