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1 TROPICAL FORESTS AND CLIMATE

2 Tropical Forests and Climate Edited by Norman Myers Upper Meadow, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, U.K. Reprinted from Climatic Change Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2 (1991) Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.

3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tropl:al forests and climate: edited by N. Myers. p. crr, "Soecial issue: ClimatIc change, vol. 19. nos September 1991"-- ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / CI imat lc changes. 2. i=orest microc 11matolo~y. 3. Deforestatlon--Envlronmental aspects--troplcs. 4. Deforestatl0n -TropICS. 5. RaIn forest ecology. 6. CI imatlc changes--troplcs.?~ ;:~rest microcl1matology--troplcs. I. Myers. Normar v 11mat lc change. SD39C.7.C55T ' i3--dc ISBN Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved 1992 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1992 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.

4 Contents NORMAN MYERS / Tropical Deforestation and Climatic Change: The Conceptual Background. Guest Editorial NORMAN MYERS / Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook 3 GHILLEAN T. PRANCE / A Commentary on: Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook 33 THOMAS V AN DER HAMMEN / Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics 37 PAUL COLINVAUX / A Commentary on: Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics 49 LAWRENCE R. HEANEY / A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia 53 PETER H. RA VEN / A Commentary on: A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia 63 A. C. HAMILTON and D. TAYLOR / History of Climate and Forests in Tropical Africa during the Last 8 Million Years 65 JEAN MALEY / The African Rain Forest Vegetation and Palaeoenvironments during Late Quaternary 79 R. A. HOUGHTON / Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 99 L. D. DANNY HARVEY / A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 119 JOHN H. C. GASH and W. JAMES SHUTTLEWORTH / Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance 123 ANN HENDERSON-SELLERS / A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance 135 MICHAEL KELLER, DANIEL J. JACOB, STEVEN C. WOFSY, and ROBERT C. HARRISS / Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry 139 PETER M. VITOUSEK and PAMELA A. MATSON / A Commentary on: Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry 159 V. M. MEHER-HOMn / Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Pro~H~ 1~ ROBERT E. DICKINSON / A Commentary on: Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Processes 175 ENEAS SALA TI and CARLOS A. NOBRE / Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation 177

5 vi P. R. ROWNTREE and J. LEAN / A Commentary on: Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation 197 S. K. SINHA and M. S. SW AMINA THAN / Deforestation, Climate Change and Sustainable Nutrition Security: A Case Study ofindia 201 NORMAN J. ROSENBERG / A Commentary on: Deforestation, Climate Change and Sustainable Nutrition Security: A Case Study ofindia 211 NORMAN MYERS and THOMAS J. GOREAU / Tropical Forests and the Greenhouse Effect: A Management Response 215 GREGG MARLAND / A Commentary on: Tropical Forests and the Greenhouse Effect: A Management Response 227 JOEL N. SWISHER and GILBERT M. MASTERS / Buying Environmental Insurance: Prospects for Trading of Global Climate-Protection Services 233 MICHAEL GRUBB / A Commentary on: Buying Environmental Insurance: Prospects for Trading of Global Climate-Protection Services 241 GEORGE M. WOODWELL / Forests in a Warming World: A Time for New ~~~ M5 JUDITH GRADWOHL and RUSSELL GREENBERG I A Commentary on: Forests in a Warming World: A Time for New Policies CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER / The Politics of Prevention TIM MacNEILL / A Commentary on: The Politics of Prevention

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