Tropical rain forests of the Far East
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Tropical rain forests of the Far East
（Oxford science publications）
Clarendon Press, 1984
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 297-328
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780198541363
Description
This second edition has been completely updated, reflecting developments in forestry, and there is new material on Tertiary and Quaternary history, tree architecture, seasonality of flowering and fruiting, seed dormancy, soils, the ecophysiology of heath forest, mangrove forests, man's increased impact, the current status of conservation, and much more.
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: pbk ISBN 9780198542414
Description
This is the second edition of this advanced textbook and the author aims to give a complete perspective on tropical rain forests. Major topics discussed in this edition are: the ecology and niche differentiation of animals and the effects on them of logging, silviculture, national practices, and the rationale behind the swing to polycyclic systems, biomass and productivity studies, nutrients and their cycling, species richness and species evolution and breeding systems. Other new material concerns Tertiary and Quaternary history, tree architecture, seasonality of flowering and fruiting, seed dormancy, mangrove forests, variation within rain forest communities, man's increased impact and the current state of conservation, and studies on secondary succession. The chapter on the soils in the forest environment is by C.P. Burnham and the work is intended to be of value to third year undergraduates upward s.
Table of Contents
- Tropical rain forests of the Far East
- forest structure
- animals in the forest
- the forest environment - climate
- seasonal cycles in plants and animals
- seed dispersal to seedling establishment
- growth of seedlings into trees
- the ecological basis of rain-forest silviculture
- growth rates, forest yields and biomass
- inorganic nutrients and their cycling
- the forest environment - soils
- forest formations 1 - the dry-land rain forests
- forest formations 2 - the wet-land rain forests
- monsoon forest formations
- animal life and forest formations
- conifers in the forest
- variation within the tropical lowland evergreen rain forests and its causes
- mountain rain forests
- man and the tropical rain forest
- secondary forest and shifting cultivation
- looking ahead. Appendix: select list of publications containing descriptions of tropical rain forest in the countries of the Far East. Bibliography, index of plant names, general index.
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