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- catalog alternative "Tropical rain forests".
- catalog contributor b10868616.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and indexes..".
- catalog description "Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Acknowledgments -- An introduction to tropical rain forests -- What are tropical rain forests? Tropical moist forests and their climates ; The forest formations ; Forest maintenance -- the growth cycle ; Floristics ; Nature of the tropical rain forest community ; What are tropical rain forests? -- Chapter summary -- Plant life. Climbers and epiphytes ; Trees ; Seasonal rhythms ; Plant life -- Chapter summary -- Rain forest animals. Richness and diversity of animals ; Modes of coexistence ; Carrying capacity of the forest ; Rain forest animals -- Chapter summary -- Interconnections between plants and animals -- the web of life. Animals as pollinators ; Animals as dispensers ; Food webs, mobile links, and keystone species ; Co-evolution ; Implications for forest conservation ; Plant breeding systems ; Interconnections between plants and animals -- the web of life -- Chapter summary".
- catalog description "Tropical rain forests through time. Palaeogeography ; Palaeoclimates ; Pleistocene refugia ; Seasonal climate elements in Malesia ; High mountain plants ; Conservation ; Tropical rain foreststhrough time -- Chapter summary -- Forest dynamics. Forest microclimates ; Pioneer and climax tree species ; Seed and seedling ecology ; Components of species richness ; Growth and shade tolerance ; Silviculture ; Growth rates and longevity ; Community-wide disturbances ; Forest recovery after human disturbance ; The dynamics of climax rain forest ; Forest dynamics -- Chapter summary -- Nutrients and their cycles. Shifting agriculture ; Nutrient pools and cycles in primary rain forest ; Practical implications ; Heath forest -- a fragile ecosystem ; The upper montane forest enigma ; Nutrients and their cycles -- Chapter summary -- Species richness -- Tropical rain forests yesterday and today. Indigenous cultures ; The colonial era ; Minor forest products ; Tropical rain forests in modern times ; Forest conversion to other land usages ; Logging and the timber trade ; Animals in logged forest ; Rates of disappearance ; Controlling human impact ; Causes for concern ; Tropical rain forests yesterday and today -- Chapter summary -- Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium. Management for sustainability ; Forest certification ; The future pattern of land usage ; Priorities for action ; Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium -- Chapter summary -- Epilogue -- Text Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Index to plants and minor forest products -- General index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 282 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198501471 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "019850148X (hbk.)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Tropics.".
- catalog subject "577.34 21".
- catalog subject "Biodiversity Tropics.".
- catalog subject "QH541.5.R27 W45 1998".
- catalog subject "Rain forest ecology.".
- catalog subject "Rain forests.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Acknowledgments -- An introduction to tropical rain forests -- What are tropical rain forests? Tropical moist forests and their climates ; The forest formations ; Forest maintenance -- the growth cycle ; Floristics ; Nature of the tropical rain forest community ; What are tropical rain forests? -- Chapter summary -- Plant life. Climbers and epiphytes ; Trees ; Seasonal rhythms ; Plant life -- Chapter summary -- Rain forest animals. Richness and diversity of animals ; Modes of coexistence ; Carrying capacity of the forest ; Rain forest animals -- Chapter summary -- Interconnections between plants and animals -- the web of life. Animals as pollinators ; Animals as dispensers ; Food webs, mobile links, and keystone species ; Co-evolution ; Implications for forest conservation ; Plant breeding systems ; Interconnections between plants and animals -- the web of life -- Chapter summary".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tropical rain forests through time. Palaeogeography ; Palaeoclimates ; Pleistocene refugia ; Seasonal climate elements in Malesia ; High mountain plants ; Conservation ; Tropical rain foreststhrough time -- Chapter summary -- Forest dynamics. Forest microclimates ; Pioneer and climax tree species ; Seed and seedling ecology ; Components of species richness ; Growth and shade tolerance ; Silviculture ; Growth rates and longevity ; Community-wide disturbances ; Forest recovery after human disturbance ; The dynamics of climax rain forest ; Forest dynamics -- Chapter summary -- Nutrients and their cycles. Shifting agriculture ; Nutrient pools and cycles in primary rain forest ; Practical implications ; Heath forest -- a fragile ecosystem ; The upper montane forest enigma ; Nutrients and their cycles -- Chapter summary -- Species richness -- Tropical rain forests yesterday and today. Indigenous cultures ; The colonial era ; Minor forest products ; Tropical rain forests in modern times ; Forest conversion to other land usages ; Logging and the timber trade ; Animals in logged forest ; Rates of disappearance ; Controlling human impact ; Causes for concern ; Tropical rain forests yesterday and today -- Chapter summary -- Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium. Management for sustainability ; Forest certification ; The future pattern of land usage ; Priorities for action ; Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium -- Chapter summary -- Epilogue -- Text Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Index to plants and minor forest products -- General index.".
- catalog title "An introduction to tropical rain forests / T.C. Whitmore.".
- catalog title "Tropical rain forests".
- catalog type "text".