Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Part I:Emerging Issues; Chapter 1: The Role of Scientific Conferences to Foster Conservation Solutions for Global Forests; Chapter 2: Greening the Planet?; Chapter 3: Comparative Canopy Biology and the Structure of Ecosystems; 1 Summary; 2 Seeing the Forest for the Herbs; 3 More to Pond Scum than Meets the Eye; 4 The Geometry of Canopy Biology; 5 Getting to the Root of the Matter; 6 Conclusions Vis-à-vis Biodiversity; References; Chapter 4: Forest Canopies as Earth's Support Systems: Priorities for Research and Conservation 1 Forest Canopies: Real or Imagined?1.1 Trees and Forest Structure; 1.2 Forest Canopy as a Physical System; 1.3 Other Organismal Groups; 1.4 Forest Ecological Interactions: Are They Vertically Segregated?; 1.5 How Meaningful Is the Concept of Stratification?; 2 Human Disturbance and Forest Canopies; 2.1 Canopy Ecosystem Services; 2.2 Climate Change in the Canopy; 2.3 Canopies and Carbon Budgets; 3 Toward an Integrated Science of Canopy and Tropical Forest Ecosystems; 4 Need for Building Human Capacity; References; Chapter 5: Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests; 1 Introduction 2 Increasing Globalization and Industrialization3 Road and Highway Expansion; 4 China's Role in Illegal Logging; 5 Expansion of Biofuels; 6 Human Population Growth; 7 Emerging Pathogens; 8 Climatic and Atmospheric Changes; 9 Environmental Synergisms; 10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Rethinking the Role of Tropical Forest Science in Forest Conservation and Management; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods; 3 Results: Publication Trends; 3.1 Scientific Publications and Deforestation; 4 Discussion; References; Chapter 7: REDD: How Can Scientists Change the Political Jungle?; 1 Explanatory Box 1.1 Community MRVChapter 8: Narrowing Global Species Estimates; 1 Introduction; 2 Recent New Estimates of Global Species Richness; 3 Extrapolating from Local to Global Species Richness; 4 Is the Forest Canopy the Last Biotic Frontier?; References; Part II:Climate Change; Chapter 9: Tropical Cyclones and Forest Dynamics Under a Changing Climate: What Are the Long-Term Implications for Tropical Forest Canopies in the Cyclone Belt?; 1 Introduction; 2 Tropical Cyclones; 2.1 Tropical Cyclones and Tropical Moist Forests; 2.1.1 Landscape and Local-Scale Patterns and Processes 2.1.2 Ecological Effects3 Likely Effects of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones and Tropical Forests; References; Chapter 10: Canopies and Climate Change; Bullet Points; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Tree Responses to Elevated Temperature and CO 2; 2 Canopy Invertebrates and Climate Change; 2.1 Pollination; 2.1.1 Herbivory; 3 Complexity and Future Questions; References; Chapter 11: Church Forest Status and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Ethiopia; 1 Introduction; 2 Results; References; Chapter 12: A Novel Approach to Simulate Climate Change Impacts on Vascular Epiphytes: Case Study in Taiwan 1 Epiphytes in a Changing World | 
