1;Contents;5 2;List of Contributors;8 3;The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation - an introduction;15 3.1;Part 1: Ecological and socio-economic impacts of different forest use intensities;16 3.2;Part 2: Sustainable management of agroforestry systems;18 3.3;Part 3: Integrated concepts of land use in tropical forest margins;19 3.4;References;20 4;Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications for conservation;23 4.1;Summary;23 4.2;1 Introduction;23 4.3;2 Extrinsic Factors Affecting Fragment Biotas;25 4.4;3 Ecological Changes in Fragmented Communities;34 4.5;4 Conclusions and Outlook;39 5;Moths at tropical forest margins - how mega- diverse insect assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery;50 5.1;Summary;50 5.2;1 Introduction;51 5.3;2 Moths at the margin of Mount Kinabalu National Park ( Sabah, North East Borneo);54 5.4;3 Moths at the margin of Podocarpus National Park ( Andes, southern Ecuador);57 5.5;4 Moth ensembles in environmental gradients: do taxa differ in sensitivity?;60 5.6;5 Moth ensembles in margin habitats: how different from forest?;64 5.7;6 Conclusions and Outlook;65 5.8;References;66 6;Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from the Neo- and Afrotropics;72 6.1;Summary;72 6.2;1 Introduction;73 6.3;2 Forest disturbance and logging methods - From single tree harvesting to clear felling;76 6.4;3 Potential processes determining amphibian diversity in disturbed forests;78 6.5;4 Direct effects of disturbance on simple system descriptors;78 6.6;5 The impacts of disturbance on community dynamics;81 6.7;6 In search of key factors;84 6.8;7 Challenges and lessons to be learned;88 6.9;8 In a nutshell;88 6.10;9 Some specific recommendations with regard to the conservation of amphibians in altered tropical forest;90 6.11;References;92 7;Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics;99 7.1;Summary;99 7.2;1 Introduction;100 7.3;2 Effect of low to severe disturbance in tropical old- growth forests on the fine root system;101 7.4;3 Regeneration of tree fine root systems after natural forest disturbance;107 7.5;4 Size and development of the fine root system in tropical secondary forests;109 7.6;5 Conclusions;111 7.7;References;112 8;Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO2 efflux rates under different land- use types in Central Panama;119 8.1;Summary;119 8.2;1 Introduction;120 8.3;2 Study area and methods;123 8.4;3 Results;126 8.5;4 Discussion;129 8.6;5 Cross site comparisons;135 8.7;6 Conclusions;136 8.8;References;136 9;Forest structure as influenced by different types of community forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia;142 9.1;Summary;142 9.2;1 Introduction;143 9.3;2 Materials and Methods;144 9.4;3 Results and Discussion;145 9.5;4 Outlook - the relationship between stand structure and ecosystem functions;152 9.6;5 Conclusions;153 9.7;References;154 10;Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins;158 10.1;Summary;158 10.2;1 Introduction;159 10.3;2 Arthropod communities in soil and litter of tropical rain forests;160 10.4;3 soil fauna in habitats of the transition zone: rainforest margins;161 10.5;4 Conclusions;167 10.6;References;169 11;From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi;175 11.1;Summary;175 11.2;1 Introduction;176 11.3;2 Sintuwu and Watumaeta: a continuum;178 11.4;3 Land transfer in a land-based economy and its effects;181 11.5;4 Implications;186 11.6;References;187 12;Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin - a choice experiment approach;189 12.1;Summary;189 12.2;1 Introduction;190 12.3;2 Methods;191 12.4;3 Results;204 12.5;4 Discussion;208 12.6;References;212 13;