The rainforest edge : plant and soil ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil

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The rainforest edge : plant and soil ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil

edited by John Hemming

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1994

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Rain forest edge

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This book presents some of the most important research findings of the Royal Geographical Society's Maraca Rainforest Project, one of the largest research efforts ever mounted in Amazonia, involving scientists from Brazil and from Britain. It focuses in particular on ecological dynamics at the forest-savanna boundary, which are crucial to explaining how rainforests work and how human interventions modify the rainforest ecosystem. After an introduction to the Maraca area, which lies on two boundaries, leading ecologists and geographers cover in depth key elements in Maraca's ecological dynamics: savanna ecology; physical environment, forest structure and floristics; litter and nutrient cycling; the nitrogen cycle; soil nutrients and organic matter; and regeneration in forest gaps. They also examine soil degradation and consider how to establish a geographic information system for resource management of the area. "The Rainforest Edge" is a contribution to our understanding of the ecology of the world's most diverse and fascinating ecosystems, and to how humanity's activities are changing them. This book is intended for ecologists, geographers and their students.

目次

  • The savannas of Maraca, John Proctor
  • a semi-evergreen forest on Maraca Island - physical environment, forest structure and floristics, Jill Thompson et al
  • a semi-evergreen forest on Maraca Island - litter and nutrient cycling, Duncan A. Scott
  • nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in terra firme forest and savanna soils on Maraca Island, Robert H. Marrs et al
  • soil nutrients and organic matter in forest and savanna habitats on Maraca Island, Peter A. Furley and James A. Ratter
  • remote sensing and the establishment of a GIS for resource management on and around Maraca Island, Peter A. Furley
  • pasture development on cleared forest land near Maraca Island, Michael J. Eden
  • a tentative interpretation of the quaternary geomorphology of Maraca Island, based on an analysis of soils developed on residue and drift deposits, Daniel M. Robinson and Stephen Nottcliff.

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