Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Diminishing Habitats in Regions of High Biodiversity -- Invaluable Losses -- Broken Homes: Tropical Biotas in Fragmented Landscapes -- Burning Down the House -- Alien Invaders -- Human Uses and Abuses of Tropical Biodiversity -- Threats in Three Dimensions: Tropical Aquatic Conservation -- Climate Change: Feeling the Tropical Heat -- Lost Without a Trace: the Tropical Extinction Crisis -- Lights at the End of the Tunnel: Conservation Options and Challenges.
