The Ecology of Trees in the Tropical Rain Forest

ISBN-13: 9780521801836 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 316 str.

I. M. Turner; Peter S. Ashton; Stephen P. Hubbell

Opis

With detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur, our current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rainforest trees is limited. This book aims to summarize the contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rainforest trees. The emphasis is on comparative ecology, an approach that can help to identify possible adaptive trends and evolutionary constraints and that may also lead to a workable ecological classification for tree species, conceptually simplifying the rainforest community and making it more amenable to analysis.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: '… this information-packed and up-to-date book is a must-buy for graduate level students and researchers in tropical forests.' Tropical Biodiversity

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The growing tree; 3. Tree performance; 4. Reproductive biology; 5. Seeds and seedlings; 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees; Bibliography; Index.