Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with CommentariesRobin L. Chazdon, T. C. Whitmore, Timothy Charles 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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I have read MacArthur's paper in this collection. It is an excellent one, outstandingly clear and the majority of its contents survived the passage of time. High promary productivity, and less seasonality explain tropical diversity via biotic interactions.
Contenido
Excerpt from Natural Selection and Tropical Nature | 14 |
A von Humboldt and A Bonpland 181421 | 15 |
PART | 69 |
J Haffer 1969 | 104 |
Speciation in Amazonian Forest Birds | 137 |
34 | 142 |
2 | 167 |
10 | 173 |
PART EIGHT | 513 |
A Aubréville 1938 | 522 |
An Estimate of the Number of Species of Trees in an Amazonian | 545 |
38 | 551 |
Forest Dynamics and Regeneration | 577 |
41 | 592 |
43 | 606 |
8 | 622 |
14 | 186 |
H Janzen 1967 | 230 |
28 | 240 |
PART FOUR | 269 |
18 | 306 |
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 |
24 | 390 |
W Snow 1971 | 398 |
PART | 407 |
E O Wilson 1958 | 413 |
Their Richness in Coleoptera and Other Arthropod Species | 438 |
A GautierHion 1978 | 448 |
29 | 449 |
J H Crook and J S Gartlan 1966 | 457 |
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 |
51 | 754 |
PART TWELVE | 771 |
52 | 778 |
53 | 789 |
H Burkill 1935 | 801 |
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843 | |
850 | |
List of Contributors | 861 |
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Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon,T. C. Whitmore,Timothy Charles Whitmore Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon,T. C. Whitmore,Timothy Charles Whitmore Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
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Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity Peter Thomas,John Packham Vista previa limitada - 2007 |