Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with CommentariesRobin 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. |
Contenido
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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Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon,T. C. Whitmore Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon,T. C. Whitmore Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon,T. C. Whitmore Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Términos y frases comunes
abundant adapted adult Africa Amazon Amazonian Amer animals Antbirds ants Barro Colorado bees Bicolored Antbirds biogeography biology biomass bird species breeding canopy Ceratosolen changes climate communities competition Cretaceous density Dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae dispersal distribution dominant Ecitons Ecol ecological ecosystems eggs environment epiphytes evolution evolutionary extinction factors fauna females flora floristic flowers frugivorous fruits genera Geol gradient groups growth Guinea habitat Heliconia herbivores increase insects islands land leaf litter logging lowland m.y. BP MacArthur males mammals natural nectar nests North number of species nutrients observed occur Ocellated Antbirds organisms overlap patterns plants Pleistocene plots pollination population predators primates probably production range regeneration regions relatively reproductive result sample savanna season seed seedlings shifting cultivation soil South America speciation species diversity species richness Spotted Antbirds syconium Table temperate temperature tion tree species tropical forests tropical rain forest types vegetation zone
Referencias a este libro
Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity Peter Thomas,John Packham Vista previa limitada - 2007 |