D. M. Newbery / H. H. T. Prins / N. D. Brown (eds.)

Dynamics of Tropical Communities

Herausgeber: Brown, Nick; Prins, H. H. T.; Newbery, David M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1998 volume challenges the validity of the dynamic equilibrium concept for tropical forests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 650
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1132g
• ISBN-13: 9780521839990
• ISBN-10: 0521839998
• Artikelnr.: 21353185

Autorenporträt

David Newbery is Director of the Institute of Plant Sciences at the University of Bern

Inhaltsangabe

1. Seeds and fruits of tropical rainforest plants: interpretation of the
range in seed size, degree of defence and flesh/seed quotients P. J. Grubb;
2. Patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents and seed
fate in relation to seed size P.-M. Forget, T. Milleron and F. Feer; 3.
Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics: factors
influencing distance/density-dependent attack on tropical seeds and
seedlings D. S. Hammond and V. K. Brown; 4. Gap-size niche differentiation
by tropical rainforest trees: a testable hypothesis or a broken-down
bandwagon? N. D. Brown and S. Jennings; 5. Differential effects of
small-scale fishing on predatory and prey fishes on Figian reefs N. V. C.
Polunin and S. Jennings; 6. Architecture and development of rainforest
trees: responses to light variation F. Bongers and F. J. Sterck; 7. Limits
to tree species distributions in lowland tropical rainforest E. M.
Veenendaal and M. D. Swaine; 8. Community structure and the demography of
primary species in tropical rainforest R. J. Zagt and M. J. A. Werger; 9.
Risk-spreading and risk-reducing tactics of West African anurans in an
unpredictably changing and stressful environment K. E. Linsenmair; 10.
Limits to exploitation of Serengeti wildebeest and implications for its
management S. Mduma, R. Hilborn and A. R. E. Sinclair; 11. Phenology and
dynamics of an African rainforest at Korup, Cameroon D. M. Newbery, N. C.
Songwe and G. B. Chuyong; 12. Primates, phenology and frugivory: present,
past and future patterns in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon C. E. G. Tutin and L.
J. T. White; 13. Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant-pollinator
interactions in the tropics S. S. Renner; 14. A spatial model of Savannah
function and dynamics: model description and preliminary results J.
Gignoux, J.-C. Menaut, I. R. Noble and I. D. Davies; 15. Evolution and
diversity in Amazonian floodplain communities P. A. Henderson, W. D.
Hamilton and W. G. R. Crampton; 16. Community dynamics of arboreal
insectivorous birds in African Savannahs in relation to seasonal rainfall
patterns and habitat change P. Jones; 17. Species-richness of African
grazer assemblages: towards a functional explanation H. H. T. Prins and H.
Olff; 18. Niche specialty among tropical trees: a question of scales P. S.
Ashton; 19. Disturbance and succession on the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia
S. F. Schmitt and R. J. Whittaker; 20. Major disturbance in tropical
rainforests T. C. Whitmore and D. F. R. P. Burslem; 21. The impact of
traditional and modern cultivation practices, including forestry, on
Lepidoptera diversity in Malaysia and Indonesia J. D. Holloway; 22.
Tropical forests-spatial pattern and change with time, as assessed by
remote sensing E. V. J. Tanner, V. Kapos and J. Adams.