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

ISBN-13: 9780521187497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 650 str.

D. M. Newbery; H. H. T. Prins; N. D. Brown

Opis

Tropical communities are recognized as among the most species-rich and dynamic in the world. Yet, far from existing as dynamic equilibria, large unpredictable disruptive events dominate the longer-term dynamics set against the background of global change. This volume challenges the dynamic equilibrium idea further by arguing for thinking on a timescale of decades to centuries, finding new ways to handle unpredictability and uniqueness, and evaluating species diversity and community change at different scales.