Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Forest Loss and Fragmentation in Mexico and Chile -- 3. Plant Diversity in Highly Fragmented Forest Landscapes in Mexico and Chile: Implications for Conservation -- 4. Fragmentation and Edge Effects on Plant-Animal Interactions, Ecological Processes and Biodiversity -- 5. Habitat Fragmentation and Reproductive Ecology of Embothrium coccineum, Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in Southern Temperate Rainforests -- 6. Patterns of Genetic Variation in Tree Species and their Implications for Conservation -- 7. Secondary Succession under a Slash-and-burn Regime in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest: Soil and Vegetation Characteristics -- 8. The Impact of Logging and Secondary Succession on the Below-ground System of a Cloud Forest in Mexico -- 9. Applying Succession Models to the Conservation of Tropical Montane Forest -- 10. Models of Regional and Local Stand Composition and Dynamics of Pine-Oak Forests in the Central Highlands of Chiapas (Mexico): Theoretical and Management Implications -- 11. Process-based Modelling of Regeneration Dynamics and Sustainable Use in Species-rich Rainforests -- 12. Testing Forest Biodiversity Indicators by Assessing Anthropogenic Impacts along Disturbance Gradients -- 13. Fire Challenges to Conserving Tropical Ecosystems: the Case Study of Chiapas -- 14. Identification of Priority Areas for Conservation in South-central Chile -- 15. Restoration of Forest Ecosystems in Fragmented Landscapes of Temperate and Montane Tropical Latin America -- 16. Future Scenarios for Tropical Montane and South Temperate Forest Biodiversity in Latin America -- 17. Synthesis -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.