Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries

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Robin L. Chazdon, T. C. Whitmore
University of Chicago Press, 2002 - 862 páginas
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology presents a timely collection of pioneering work in the study of these diverse and fascinating ecosystems. Modeled on the highly successful Foundations of Ecology, this book consists of facsimiles of papers chosen by world experts in tropical biology as the "classics" in the field. The papers are organized into sections on related topics, each introduced with a discussion of their role in triggering subsequent research. Topics covered include ecological and evolutionary perspectives on the origins of tropical diversity; plant-animal interactions; patterns of species diversity and distribution of arthropods, vertebrates, and plants; forest dynamics and ecosystem ecology; conservation biology; and tropical forest management.

Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology makes essential works in the development of tropical biology available in a convenient form to both senior scholars interested in the roots of their discipline and to students encountering the field for the first time, as well as to everyone concerned with tropical conservation.
 

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A von Humboldt and A Bonpland 181421
15
PART
69
J Haffer 1969
104
Speciation in Amazonian Forest Birds
137
34
142
10
173
Latitudinal Variations in Organic Diversity
187
A A Fedorov 1966
205
A GautierHion 1978
448
J H Crook and J S Gartlan 1966
457
PART EIGHT
513
A Aubréville 1938
522
Forest Dynamics and Regeneration
577
W J Eggeling 1947
583
41
592
43
606

E R Pianka 1966
216
14
227
28
240
PART FOUR
269
18
286
2
304
Coley 1980
307
20
321
PART FIVE
339
Excerpt from Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley
347
H W Bates 1864
348
22
366
23
380
25
393
26
407
Erwin 1982
413
PART SEVEN
441
29
447
8
616
PART
639
45
657
P H Raven and D I Axelrod 1974
664
T Kira 1978
672
PART ELEVEN
703
A GómezPompa C VázquezYanes and S Guevara 1972
711
R H MacArthur 1969
726
Effects of Selective Logging on the Behavioral Ecology
744
PART TWELVE
771
53
789
54
804
Bibliography
837
Excerpt from The Naturalist on the River Amazons
839
F G Stehli and S D Webb 1985
843
Patterns of Communities in the Tropics
850
List of Contributors
861
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