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This book highlights key results and lessons learned from two field sites: La Suerte in Costa Rica and Ometepe in Nicaragua. The content within provides long term data on species abundance and distribution, with specific attention paid to primates of the region. Primates are flagship species and good indicators for the health of an ecosystem. Many primate species are sensitive to habitat alteration, and are often hunted out first. They also play an important role as seed dispersal agents for the regeneration of the forest. Central American Biodiversity compares results from these two field sites with regional trends to explore potential solutions. This book strongly calls for new approaches in conservation, making the case for looking beyond pure species biology and classic conservation, encouraging the reader to take into account the economic and political realities.

Life Sciences. --- Biodiversity. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Theoretical Ecology/Statistics. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Landscape ecology. --- Ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Sciences de la vie --- Biodiversité --- Ecologie du paysage --- Ecologie --- Biologie de la conservation --- Biodiversity conservation -- Central America. --- Central America -- Environmental conditions. --- Environmental policy -- Central America. --- Marine biodiversity conservation -- Central America. --- Biodiversity conservation --- Marine biodiversity conservation --- Environmental policy --- Rain forest conservation --- Ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Central America --- Environmental conditions. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Conservation of marine biodiversity --- Marine biodiversity --- Marine biological diversity conservation --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Government policy --- Conservation --- Mercado Común Centroamericano countries --- Environmental auditing --- Aquatic biodiversity conservation --- Marine resources conservation --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Nature conservation --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Ecology . --- Maderas Rainforest Conservancy (Costa Rica and Nicaragua) --- Central America.