Tropical forest ecology : a view from Barro Colorado Island

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Tropical forest ecology : a view from Barro Colorado Island

by Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr

Oxford University Press, 1999

  • : cloth : alk. paper
  • : pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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巻冊次

: cloth : alk. paper ISBN 9780195096026

内容説明

This book is a synoptic comparison of tropical forests, based on a detailed understanding of one particular tropical forest, Barro Colorado Island. It covers various aspects of tropical forest biology including natural history, tree architecture and forest physiognomy, ecosystem dynamics, community ecology, niche differentiation and species diversity, evolutionary biology, and the role of mutualism in the ecological organization of tropical forest.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. Barro Colorado Island: The Background
  • 2. Dramatis Personae
  • 3. Tropical Climates
  • 4. Runoff, Erosion, and Soil
  • 5. Telling the Trees from the Forest: Tree Shape and Leaf Arrangement
  • 6. Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest
  • 7. The Seasonal Rhythms of Fruiting and Leaf Flush, and the Regulation of Animal Populations
  • 8. Tropical Diversity
  • 9. The Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest
  • 10. The Rainforest Endangered
巻冊次

: pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780195096033

内容説明

This book, the magnum opus of one of the most highly regarded tropical ecologists, is a synoptic comparison of tropical forests, based on a detailed understanding of one particular tropical forest, Barro Colorado Island, and illuminated by a lively interest in natural history and a sound theoretical understanding of ecological and evolutionary process. It covers various aspects of tropical forest biology including natural history, tree architecture and forest physiognomy, ecosystem dynamics, community ecology, niche differentiation and species diversity, evolutionary biology, and the role of mutualism in the ecological organization of tropical forest.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. Barro Colorado Island: The Background
  • 2. Dramatis Personae
  • 3. Tropical Climates
  • 4. Runoff, Erosion, and Soil
  • 5. Telling the Trees from the Forest: Tree Shape and Leaf Arrangement
  • 6. Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest
  • 7. The Seasonal Rhythms of Fruiting and Leaf Flush, and the Regulation of Animal Populations
  • 8. Tropical Diversity
  • 9. The Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest
  • 10. The Rainforest Endangered

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