Egbert G. Jr. Leigh

Tropical Forest Ecology

A View from Barro Colorado Island

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text, from a renowned tropical ecologist, is a synoptic comparison of tropical forests, based on a detailed understanding of one particular tropical forest, Barro Colorado Island, and illuminated by an interest in natural history and a sound theoretical understanding of ecological and evolutionary process. It covers various aspects of tropical forest biology including natural history, tree architecture and forest physiognomy, ecosystem dynamics, community ecology, niche differentiation and species diversity, evolutionary biology, and the role of mutualism in the ecological organization of tropical forest.

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How do tropical forests stay green with their abundance of herbivores? Why do tropical forests have such a diversity of plants and animals? And what role does mutualism play in the ecology of tropical forests?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780195096033
• ISBN-10: 0195096037
• Artikelnr.: 22189390

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Barro Colorado Island: The Background
2: Dramatis Personae
3: Tropical Climates
4: Runoff, Erosion, and Soil
5: Telling the Trees from the Forest: Tree Shape and Leaf Arrangement
6: Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest
7: The Seasonal Rhythms of Fruiting and Leaf Flush, and the Regulation of Animal Populations
8: Tropical Diversity
9: The Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest
10: The Rainforest Endangered