Dynamics of Tropical Communities: 37th Symposium of the British Ecological Society

ISBN-13: 9780521839990 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 650 str.

Switzerland) D. M. Newbery (Universität Bern; The Net Wageningen H. H. T. Prins (Agricultural University;N. D. Brown (Oxford Forestry Institute)

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This 1998 volume challenges the validity of the dynamic equilibrium concept for tropical forests.

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1. Seeds and fruits of tropical rainforest plants: interpretation of the range in seed size, degree of defence and flesh/seed quotients P. J. Grubb; 2. Patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents and seed fate in relation to seed size P.-M. Forget, T. Milleron and F. Feer; 3. Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics: factors influencing distance/density-dependent attack on tropical seeds and seedlings D. S. Hammond and V. K. Brown; 4. Gap-size niche differentiation by tropical rainforest trees: a testable hypothesis or a broken-down bandwagon? N. D. Brown and S. Jennings; 5. Differential effects of small-scale fishing on predatory and prey fishes on Figian reefs N. V. C. Polunin and S. Jennings; 6. Architecture and development of rainforest trees: responses to light variation F. Bongers and F. J. Sterck; 7. Limits to tree species distributions in lowland tropical rainforest E. M. Veenendaal and M. D. Swaine; 8. Community structure and the demography of primary species in tropical rainforest R. J. Zagt and M. J. A. Werger; 9. Risk-spreading and risk-reducing tactics of West African anurans in an unpredictably changing and stressful environment K. E. Linsenmair; 10. Limits to exploitation of Serengeti wildebeest and implications for its management S. Mduma, R. Hilborn and A. R. E. Sinclair; 11. Phenology and dynamics of an African rainforest at Korup, Cameroon D. M. Newbery, N. C. Songwe and G. B. Chuyong; 12. Primates, phenology and frugivory: present, past and future patterns in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon C. E. G. Tutin and L. J. T. White; 13. Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant-pollinator interactions in the tropics S. S. Renner; 14. A spatial model of Savannah function and dynamics: model description and preliminary results J. Gignoux, J.-C. Menaut, I. R. Noble and I. D. Davies; 15. Evolution and diversity in Amazonian floodplain communities P. A. Henderson, W. D. Hamilton and W. G. R. Crampton; 16. Community dynamics of arboreal insectivorous birds in African Savannahs in relation to seasonal rainfall patterns and habitat change P. Jones; 17. Species-richness of African grazer assemblages: towards a functional explanation H. H. T. Prins and H. Olff; 18. Niche specialty among tropical trees: a question of scales P. S. Ashton; 19. Disturbance and succession on the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia S. F. Schmitt and R. J. Whittaker; 20. Major disturbance in tropical rainforests T. C. Whitmore and D. F. R. P. Burslem; 21. The impact of traditional and modern cultivation practices, including forestry, on Lepidoptera diversity in Malaysia and Indonesia J. D. Holloway; 22. Tropical forests-spatial pattern and change with time, as assessed by remote sensing E. V. J. Tanner, V. Kapos and J. Adams.