Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- EDITORS -- INTRODUCTION Nigel E. Stork1* and Stephen M. Turton2* -- 1 AUSTRALIAN RAINFORESTS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Nigel E. Stork1*, Stephen Goosem2* and Stephen M. Turton3* -- Part 1 History and Biodiversity of the Wet Tropics -- 2 THE SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY OF HIGH RAINFALLS AND THE STORM RUN-OFF RESPONSE IN THE WET TROPICS Mike Bonell1* and Jeff Callaghan2 -- 3 IMPACTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES ON FORESTS IN THE WET TROPICS OF AUSTRALIA Stephen M. Turton1* and Nigel E. Stork2* -- 4 ABORIGINAL CULTURES IN THE WET TROPICS Sandra Pannell* -- 5 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WET TROPICS REGION David J. Turton -- 6 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORLD HERITAGE AREA Peter S. Valentine1* and Rosemary Hill2* -- 7 THE NATURE OF RAINFOREST TOURISM: INSIGHTS FROM A TOURISM SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAMME Philip L. Pearce* -- 8 THE DYNAMIC FOREST LANDSCAPE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WET TROPICS: PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE David W. Hilbert* -- 9 FLORISTICS AND PLANT BIODIVERSITY OF THE RAINFORESTS OF THE WET TROPICS Daniel J. Metcalfe* and Andrew J. Ford* -- 10 TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF VERTEBRATE BIODIVERSITY IN THE AUSTRALIAN WET TROPICS Stephen E. Williams1*, Joanne L. Isaac1, Catherine Graham2 and Craig Moritz3* -- 11 ORIGINS AND MAINTENANCE OF FRESHWATER FISH BIODIVERSITY IN THE WET TROPICS REGION Brad Pusey1*, Mark Kennard1* and Angela Arthington2* -- 12 DIVERSITY OF INVERTEBRATES IN WET TROPICS STREAMS: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES Niall M. Connolly1*, Faye Christidis2, Brendan McKie3, Luz Boyero4 and Richard Pearson2* -- 13 THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE WET TROPICS: DIVERSITY, ENDEMISM AND RELATIONSHIPS David Yeates1* and Geoff B. Monteith2* -- 14 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE WET TROPICS Jiro Kikkawa*.

Part 2 Ecological Processes and Other Ecosystem Services -- 15 HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE TROPICAL RAINFORESTS OF AUSTRALIA David McJannet1*, Jim Wallace2*, Peter Fitch3*, Mark Disher2* and Paul Reddell4* -- 16 SEED DISPERSAL PROCESSES IN AUSTRALIA'S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS David A. Westco 1*, Andrew J. Dennis2*, Ma G. Bradford1*, Graham N. Harrington1* and Adam McKeown1* -- 17 FLORAL MORPHOLOGY, PHENOLOGY AND POLLINATION IN THE WET TROPICS Sarah L. Boulter1*, Roger L. Kitching1*, Caroline L. Gross2, Kylie L. Goodall3* and Bradley G. Howle 3,4* -- 18 SERVICES AND DISSERVICES FROM INSECTS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF THE ATHERTON TABLELAND Saul A. Cunningham1* and K. Rosalind Blanche2* -- 19 ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO THE VALUE OF TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Ian Curtis* -- 20 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE WET TROPICS S. Joseph Wright -- Part 3 Threats to the Environmental Values of the Wet Tropics -- 21 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE WET TROPICS OF NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA Jacqueline Balston -- 22 THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS OF THE WET TROPICS Stephen E. Williams*, Joanne L. Isaac and Luke P. Shoo* -- 23 IMPACTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND LINEAR CLEARINGS ON AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST BIOTA William F. Laurance1 and Miriam Goosem2* -- 24 INVASIVE WEEDS IN THE WET TROPICS Stephen Goosem* -- 25 VERTEBRATE PESTS OF THE WET TROPICS BIOREGION: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS Bradley C. Congdon1* and Debra A. Harrison2* -- 26 APPLICATIONS OF HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IN RAINFOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT David Gillieson1*, Tina Lawson2* and Les Searle1 -- 27 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM AND RECREATION IN THE WET TROPICS Stephen M. Turton1* and Nigel E. Stork2*.

28 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: CONSERVATION RESEARCH IN THE AUSTRALIAN WET TROPICS William F. Laurance -- Part 4 Living in a World Heritage Area -- 29 THE WET TROPICS CONSERVATION STRATEGY: CONSERVATION IN A COMMUNITY CONTEXT Campbell Clarke* -- 30 CULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN THE WET TROPICS Sandra Pannell* -- 31 ENCOUNTERING A WORLD HERITAGE LANDSCAPE: COMMUNITY AND VISITOR PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES Joan Bentrupperbäumer1* and Joseph Reser2* -- 32 INTEGRATING EFFORT FOR REGIONAL NATURAL RESOURCE OUTCOMES: THE WET TROPICS EXPERIENCE Allan Dale1, Geoff McDonald2*† and Nigel Weston3* -- 33 'GETTING THE MOB IN': INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES IN A NEW ERA OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA Sandra Pannell* -- 34 FRAMING AND RESEARCHING THE IMPACTS OF VISITATION AND USE IN PROTECTED AREAS Joseph Reser1* and Joan Bentrupperbäumer2* -- 35 LINKING CULTURAL AND NATURAL DIVERSITY OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE TO VIBRANT ECONOMIES Rosemary Hill* -- 36 RETHINKING ROAD ECOLOGY Miriam Goosem* -- 37 LIVING IN A WORLD HERITAGE LANDSCAPE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Jeff rey A. McNeely -- Part 5 Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes -- 38 FOREST RESTORATION AT A LANDSCAPE SCALE David Lamb* and Peter Erskine* -- 39 RESTORATION IN NORTH QUEENSLAND: RECENT ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST RESTORATION Nigel Tucker -- 40 RAINFOREST RESTORATION FOR BIODIVERSITY AND THE PRODUCTION OF TIMBER Grant W. Wardell-Johnson1,3*, John Kanowski2*, Carla P. Ca erall1*, Mandy Price3 and David Lamb4* -- 41 BIODIVERSITY AND NEW FORESTS: INTERACTING PROCESSES, PROSPECTS AND PITFALLS OF RAINFOREST RESTORATION Carla P. Ca erall1*, John Kanowski2* and Grant W. Wardell-Johnson1,3* -- 42 MONITORING THE OUTCOMES OF REFORESTATION FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION John Kanowski1*, Carla P. Ca erall2* and Debra A. Harrison2*.

43 THE FUTURE FOR FOREST-BASED INDUSTRIES IN THE WET TROPICS Steve Harrison* and John Herbohn* -- 44 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: RESTORING TROPICAL FOREST LANDSCAPES -- RESTORING WHAT AND FOR WHOM? Jeff rey Sayer -- Part 6 Science Informing Policy and Conservation and Management of Tropical Forests -- 45 CATCHMENT TO REEF: WATER QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH IN TROPICAL STREAMS Richard Pearson1* and Nigel E. Stork2* -- 46 A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF PRIORITY AREAS FOR PLANT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE WET TROPICS BIOREGION Kristen J. Williams*, Chris R. Margules*, Petina L. Pert* and Tom Barre * -- 47 NEW TOOLS FOR MONITORING WORLD HERITAGE VALUES Stuart Phinn1*, Catherine Ticehurst2*, Alex Held2*, Peter Scarth1*, Joanne Nightingale1* and Kasper Johansen1 -- 48 RAINFOREST SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATION Stephen Goosem1*, Nigel E. Stork2* and Stephen M. Turton3* -- 49 LESSONS FOR OTHER TROPICAL FOREST LANDSCAPES Nigel E. Stork1*, Stephen M. Turton2*, William F. Laurance3, Jiro Kikkawa4*, Jeff rey A. McNeely5, Jeff rey Sayer6 and S. Joseph Wright7 -- INDEX -- Colour plates.