Tropical Forest Ecology - A View from Barro Colorado Island a View from Barro Colorado Island

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.

List of contents

• 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

Product details

• Authors: Egbert Giles Jr. Leigh, Leigh Egbert G.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9780195096026
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509602-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 286 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 932 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, environmental science, engineering & technology, Conservation of the environment, Forests, rainforests, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Forests and woodland