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Informationen zum Autor Richard Corlett did his Bachelor's degree at the University of Cambridge, and his PhD at the Australian National University, with fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. He has taught at Chiang Mai University (1980-82), National University of Singapore (1982-87 and 2008-2012), and University of Hong Kong (1988-2008). Since 2012, he has been head of the Center for Integrative Conservation at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in southwest Yunnan. In addition to numerous scientific papers, he has written and co-authored several books, including Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison and The Ecology and Biodiversity of Hong Kong. He was also co-editor of Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. He is chief editor of the journal Global Ecology and Conservation. He received the China Friendship Award in 2016. Klappentext This edition has been fully updated throughout, reflecting the explosion of new research in the region in the last few years and the increasing use of new tools, particularly genomics and remote sensing. Zusammenfassung This edition has been fully updated throughout, reflecting the explosion of new research in the region in the last few years and the increasing use of new tools, particularly genomics and remote sensing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Environmental history 2: Physical geography 3: Biogeography 4: The ecology of plants: from seed to seed 5: The ecology of animals: foods and feeding 6: Energy and nutrients 7: Threats to terrestrial biodiversity 8: Conservation in the Anthropocene
