Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins: Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of Land Use and Conservation

517 Pages·2007·4.65 MB·English

by  Teja Tscharntke

Environmental Science and Engineering
Subseries: Environmental Science
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Series Editors: R. Allan U. Förstner W. Salomons
Teja Tscharntke, Christoph Leuschner,
Manfred Zeller, Edi Guhardja,
Arifuddin Bidin
(Eds.)

Stability of Tropical
Rainforest Margins

Linking Ecological, Economic and Social
Constraints of Land Use and Conservation

With 89 Figures, 1 in colour
EDITORS:

PROF. DR. TEJA TSCHARNTKE PROF. DR. MANFRED ZELLER
AGROECOLOGY GROUP INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE TROPICS AND
WALDWEG 26, SUBTROPICS, UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM
37073 GÖTTINGEN, GERMANY (490)
E-mail: [email protected] 70593 STUTTGART, GERMANY
E-mail:
[email protected]

PROF. DR. CHRISTOPH LEUSCHNER PROF. DR. EDI GUHARDJA
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCES CENTER FOR TROPICAL FOREST MARGIN,
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN INSTITUT PERTANIAN BOGOR (IPB), JI.
UNTERE KARSPÜLE 2 RAYA GUNUNG GEDE, BOGOR 16153,
37073 GÖTTINGEN, INDONESIA
GERMANY E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
DR. ARIFUDDIN BIDIN
UNIVERSITAS TADULAKO, KAMPUS
BUMI TONDO, PALU 94118,
INDONESIA
E-mail: [email protected]

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Contents
The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological,
economic and social constraints of land use and conservation
– an introduction
Teja Tscharntke, Christoph Leuschner, Manfred Zeller, Edi Guhardja,
Arifuddin Bidin.................................................. 1
Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications
for conservation
William F. Laurance,............................................. 9
Moths at tropical forest margins – how mega-diverse insect
assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery
Konrad Fiedler, Nadine Hilt, Gunnar Brehm, Christian H. Schulze..... 37
Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from
the Neo- and Afrotropics
Raffael Ernst, K. Eduard Linsenmair, Raquel Thomas, Mark-Oliver
R¨odel........................................................... 59
Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed
primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics
Dietrich Hertel, Christoph Leuschner, Marieke Harteveld, Maria Wiens. 87
Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO2
efflux rates under different land-use types in Central Panama
Luitgard Schwendenmann, Elise Pendall, Catherine Potvin ............107
Forest structure as influenced by different types of community
forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi,
Indonesia
Johannes Dietz,, Dirk Ho¨lscher, Christoph Leuschner, Adam Malik, M.
Amran Amir ....................................................131
VI Contents
Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and
litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins
Sonja Migge-Kleian, Lars Woltmann, Iswandi Anas, Wenke Schulz,
Andrea Steingrebe, Matthias Schaefer...............................147
From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and
forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi
Melani Abdulkadir-Sunito, M.T.Felix Sitorus ........................165
Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and
ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin
– a choice experiment approach
Jan Barkmann, Klaus Glenk, Handian Handi, Leti Sundawati,
Jan-Patrick Witte, Rainer Marggraf ................................179
Forest Products and Household Incomes: Evidence from
Rural Households Living in the Rainforest Margins of Central
Sulawesi
Stefan Schwarze, Bj¨orn Schippers, Robert Weber, Heiko Faust, Adhitya
Wardhono, Manfred Zeller, Werner Kreisel..........................207
Part I Sustainable management of agroforestry systems
Shaded coffee and the stability of rainforest margins in
northern Latin America
Ivette Perfecto, Inge Armbrecht, Stacy M. Philpott, Lorena Soto-Pinto,
Thomas V. Dietsch...............................................225
Economic evaluation of ecosystem services as a basis for
stabilizing rainforest margins? The example of pollination
services and pest management in coffee landscapes
Roland Olschewski, Teja Tscharntke, Pablo C. Ben´ıtez, Stefan
Schwarze, Alexandra-Maria Klein ..................................263
Insect diversity responses to forest conversion and
agroforestry management
Merijn M. Bos, Patrick Ho¨hn, Shahabuddin Saleh, Boris Bu¨che,
Damayanti Buchori, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, TejaTscharntke .........277
Plant diversity in homegardens in a socio-economic and
agro-ecological context
Katja Kehlenbeck, Hadi Susilo Arifin, Brigitte L. Maass ..............295
Tree species diversity relative to human land uses in tropical
rain forest margins in Central Sulawesi
S. Robbert Gradstein, Michael Kessler, Ramadhanil Pitopang ..........319
Contents VII
Alternatives to slash-and-burn in forest-based fallow systems
of the eastern Brazilian Amazon region: Technology and
policy options to halt ecological degradation and improve
rural welfare
Jan B¨orner, Manfred Denich, Arisbe Mendoza-Escalante, Bettina
Hedden-Dunkhorst, Tatiana Deane de Abreu S´a......................333
Protected Area Management and Local Benefits – A case
study from Madagascar
Klas Sander, Manfred Zeller.......................................363
Part II Integrated concepts of land use in tropical forest margins
Potentials to reduce deforestation by enhancing the technical
efficiency of crop production in forest margin areas
Alwin Keil, Regina Birner, Manfred Zeller ..........................389
Migration and ethnicity as cultural impact factors on land
use change in the rainforest margins of Central Sulawesi,
Indonesia
Robert Weber, Heiko Faust, Bjo¨rn Schippers, Sulaiman Mamar,
Endriatmo Sutarto, Werner Kreisel ................................415
From global to regional scale: Remote sensing-based concepts
and methods for mapping land-cover and land-cover change
in tropical regions
Stefan Erasmi, Martin Kappas, Andr´e Twele, Muhammad Ardiansyah ..435
Effects of land-use change on matter and energy exchange
between ecosystems in the rain forest margin and the
atmosphere
Andreas Ibrom, Alexander Oltchev, Tania June, Thomas Ross, Heiner
Kreilein, Ulrike Falk, Johannes Merklein, Andr´e Twele, Golam
Rakkibu, Stefan Grote, Abdul Rauf, Gode Gravenhorst ................461
Science and technology and sustainable development in
Brazilian Amazon
Dio´genes S. Alves................................................491
Index of keywords .............................................511
List of Contributors
Melani Abdulkadir-Sunito Muhammad Ardiansyah
Department of Communication and Institute of Soil Sciences, Bogor
Community Development, Faculty of Agricultural University (IPB),
Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural Bogor, Indonesia
University, Indonesia
Hadi Susilo Arifin
Tatiana Deane de Abreu S´a Department of Landscape Architec-
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa ture, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB,
Agropecu´aria, Embrapa Sede, Bogor, Indonesia
Parque Estac¸˜ao Biolo´gica - PqEB
s/n., Bras´ılia-DF, - Brazil - CEP Inge Armbrecht
70770-901 Departamento de Biolog´ıa, Universi-
dad de Valle, Apartado A´ereo 25360,
Di´ogenes S. Alves Cali, Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Es-
paciais (INPE), Av dos Astronautas Jan Barkmann
1758, CEP 12227-010 Sa˜o Jos´e dos Junior Scientist Group “Economic
Campos SP, Brazil Valuation of Ecosystem Functions
and Services” and Environmental
M. Amran Amir and Resource Economics, Depart-
Institute of Forest Management, ment of Agricultural Economics
Faculty of Agriculture, Bumi Tondo and Rural Development, University
Campus, Tadulako University, Palu of Go¨ttingen, Platz der Go¨ttinger
94118, Indonesia Sieben 7, D-37073 Go¨ttingen,
Germany
Iswandi Anas
Laboratory of Soil Biology, Soil Pablo C. Ben´ıtez
Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Economics, Uni-
Institut versity of Victoria, PO Box 1700
Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Darmaga STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2,
Campus, Bogor 16680, Indonesia Canada
X List of Contributors
Arifuddin Bidin Thomas V. Dietsch
Universitas Tadulako, Kampus Institute of the Environment, Center
Bumi Tondo, Palu 94118, Indonesia for Tropical Research, University of
(Sulteng) California, Los Angeles, La Kretz
Hall, Suite 300, Box 951496, Los
Angeles, California 90095-1496, USA
Regina Birner
International Food Policy Research
Johannes Dietz
Institute (IFPRI), Washington,
Tropical Silviculture, Institute of
D.C., USA
Silviculture, University of Go¨ttingen,
Bu¨sgenweg 1, 37077 G¨ottingen,
Jan B¨orner Germany and
Center for Development Research Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-
(ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter- Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences,
Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany University of Go¨ttingen, Untere
Karspu¨le 2, 37073 Go¨ttingen,
Merijn M. Bos Germany
Institute of Agroecology, University
Stefan Erasmi
of Go¨ttingen, Waldweg 26, D-37073
Institute of Geography, Department
Go¨ttingen, Germany
of Cartography, GIS and Remote
Sensing, University of Go¨ttingen,
Gunnar Brehm Goldschmidtstr. 5, 37077 Go¨ttingen,
Institut fu¨r Spezielle Zoologie Germany
und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyle-
tischem Museum, University of Raffael Ernst
Jena, Erbertstrasse 1, 07745 Jena, Department of Animal Ecology and
Germany Tropical Biology, Biocenter Uni-
versity of Wu¨rzburg, Am Hubland
97074 Wu¨rzburg, Germany
Damayanti Buchori
Department of Pest and Plant Ulrike Falk
Diseases, Faculty of Agriculture IPB, Institute of Bioclimatology, Uni-
Bogor Agricultural University, Jl. versity of Go¨ttingen, Bu¨sgenweg 2,
Kamper Kampus, IPB Darmaga, Go¨ttingen, Germany
Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Heiko Faust
Department of Cultural and Social
Boris Bu¨che
Geography, Institute of Geography,
Agroecology, University of
University of Go¨ttingen, Gold-
Go¨ttingen, Waldweg 26, D-37073
schmidtstr. 5, D-37077 Go¨ttingen,
Go¨ttingen, Germany
Germany
Manfred Denich Konrad Fiedler
Center for Development Research Department of Population Ecology,
(ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter- University of Vienna, Althanstrasse
Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
List of Contributors XI
Klaus Glenk Dietrich Hertel
Junior Scientist Group “Economic Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-
Valuation of Ecosystem Functions Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences,
and Services” and Environmental University of Go¨ttingen, Untere
and Resource Economics, Depart- Karspu¨le 2, 37073 Go¨ttingen,
ment of Agricultural Economics Germany
and Rural Development, University
of Go¨ttingen, Platz der Go¨ttinger
Nadine Hilt
Sieben 7, D-37073 Go¨ttingen,
Chair of Animal Ecology I, Univer-
Germany
sity of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth,
S. Robbert Gradstein Germany
Institute of Plant Sciences, Univer-
sity of Go¨ttingen, Untere Karspu¨le
Patrick H¨ohn
2, 37073 Go¨ttingen, Germany
Agroecology, University of
Gode Gravenhorst Go¨ttingen, Waldweg 26, D-37073
Institute of Bioclimatology, Uni- Go¨ttingen, Germany
versity of Go¨ttingen, Bu¨sgenweg 2,
Go¨ttingen, Germany
Dirk Ho¨lscher
Stefan Grote Tropical Silviculture, Institute of
Institute of Bioclimatology, Uni- Silviculture, University of Go¨ttingen,
versity of Go¨ttingen, Bu¨sgenweg 2, Bu¨sgenweg 1, 37077 G¨ottingen,
Go¨ttingen, Germany Germany
Edi Guhardja
Kampus IPB Baranang Siang, Andreas Ibrom
Ex-Aula Kantor Pusat, Institut Per- Institute of Bioclimatology, Uni-
tanian Bogor, JL Raya Pajajaran, versity of Go¨ttingen, Bu¨sgenweg 2,
Bogor 16144, Indonesia (Jabar) Go¨ttingen, Germany and
Risø National Laboratory, Fred-
Handian Handi
eriksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde,
Laboratory for Social Forestry, Fac-
Denmark
ulty of Forestry, Institute Pertanian
Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia
Tania June
Marieke Harteveld
Southeast Asian Ministers of Educa-
Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-
tion Organization Regional Centre
Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences,
for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO
University of Go¨ttingen, Untere
BIOTROP), BTIC Building, Jl.
Karspu¨le 2, 37073 Go¨ttingen,
Raya Tajur Km.6, Bogor, Indonesia
Germany
and
Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst Faculty of Mathematics and Natural
Federal Agency of Nature Conser- Resources, Bogor Agricultural
vation (BfN), Konstantinstr. 110, University/SEAMEO BIOTROP,
53179 Bonn, Germany Bogor, Indonesia
XII List of Contributors
Martin Kappas William F. Laurance
Institute of Geography, Department Smithsonian Tropical Research
of Cartography, GIS and Remote Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa,
Sensing, University of Go¨ttingen, Republic of Panama´ and
Goldschmidtstr. 5, 37077 Go¨ttingen, Biological Dynamics of Forest Frag-
Germany ments Project, National Institute for
Amazonian Research (INPA), C.P.
478, Manaus, AM 69011-970, Brazil
Katja Kehlenbeck
Department of Crop Sciences: Tropi- Christoph Leuschner
cal Crops, University of Go¨ttingen, Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-
Grisebachstr. 6, D-37077 Go¨ttingen, Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences,
Germany University of Go¨ttingen, Untere
Karspu¨le 2, 37073 Go¨ttingen,
Germany
Alwin Keil
Institute of Agricultural Economics
K. Eduard Linsenmair
and Social Sciences in the Tropics
Department of Animal Ecology and
and Subtropics, University of Ho-
Tropical Biology, Biocenter Uni-
henheim (490), D-70593 Stuttgart,
versity of Wu¨rzburg, Am Hubland
Germany
97074 Wu¨rzburg, Germany
Brigitte L. Maass
Michael Kessler
Department of Crop Sciences:
Institute of Plant Sciences, Univer-
Tropical Crops,
sity of Go¨ttingen, Untere Karspu¨le
University of Go¨ttingen, Grise-
2, 37073
bachstr. 6, D-37077 Go¨ttingen,
Go¨ttingen, Germany
Germany
Adam Malik
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Institute of Forest Management,
Agroecology, University of
Faculty of Agriculture, Bumi Tondo
Go¨ttingen, Waldweg 26, D-37073
Campus, Tadulako University, Palu
Go¨ttingen, Germany
94118, Indonesia
Heiner Kreilein Sulaiman Mamar
Institute of Bioclimatology, Uni- Department of Anthropology,
versity of Go¨ttingen, Bu¨sgenweg 2, Universitas Tadulako, Kampus Bumi
Go¨ttingen, Germany Tondo, Palu 94118, Indonesia
Rainer Marggraf
Werner Kreisel Environmental and Resource Eco-
Department of Cultural and Social nomics, Department of Agricultural
Geography, Institute of Geography, Economics and Rural Development,
University of Go¨ttingen, Gold- University of Go¨ttingen, Platz der
schmidtstr. 5, D-37077 Go¨ttingen, Go¨ttinger Sieben 7,
Germany D-37073 G¨ottingen, Germany