Tropical Forests: Botanical Dynamics, Speciation and Diversity
- ISBN-10
- 0123535506
- ISBN-13
- 9780123535504
- Series
- Tropical Forests
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Academic
- Authors
- Henrik Balslev, Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Ivan C. Nielsen
Description
Dynamics: dynamics in tropical rain forests; quaternary geological history of the Amazon lowlands; hierarchy of landscape patterns in wester Amazon; gap-phase dynamics and tropical tree species richness; patterns of tree species diversity and canopy structure and dynamics in humid, tropical, evergreen forests on Borneo and in China; architectural concepts for tropical trees; population dynamics of tree species in tropical forests. Speciation: speciation in tropical forests; speciation and Malesian leguminosae; speciation patterns in the palms of Madagascar; an evolutionary scenario for the genus Heliconia; evolutionary patterns in citylogy and pollen structure of Asian Zingiberaceae; speciation in the Asplenium unilaterale complex; Justicia and Rungia (Acanthaceae) in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula; speciation of Alismatidae in the Neotropics; speciation patterns in African Loranthaceae. Diversity: species richness in tropical forests; Sri Lankan forests - diversity and genetic resources; the forests of the Paraguayan Chaco; shrublands of the Venezuelan Guayana; Ecuadorean forests east of the Andes; speciation and diversity of Ericaceae in Neotropical montane vegetation; diversity and distribution Guianan Passifloraceae; diversity of Lecythidaceae in the Guianas.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2016-11-09
- 138 pages
- Paperback
- BoD – Books on Demand
-
- 2012-12-06
- 466 pages
- Ebook
- Springer Science & Business Media
-
- 2012-12-02
- 287 pages
- Ebook
- Elsevier
Similar books
-
Tropical Rain Forests
By Peter BenoitHow much rain does a tropical rain forest receive each year?
-
Why Forests? Why Now?: The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change
By Frances Seymour, Jonah BuschWhy Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation.
-
Tropical Forests
By Bernard MarcusThe first text in a series of single topic ecology books, Tropic Forests is an ideal text or supplement for introductory biology, ecology, and environmental science courses.
-
Tropical Forests and Their Crops
By Nigel J. H. Smith, J. T. Williams, Donald L. PlucknettM 1, 4 'Brooks Late' Homestead, Fla. G 1, 4 'Brooksville' Brooksville, Fla. M 1. 'Brooksville USDA, Miami, Fla. M 1 Sdlg.' 'Buccaneer' Fla. 4 “Butler' Miami, Fla., 1909 W 1 'C-1” Celaya, Mexico M 3 “C-3” Celaya, Mexico M 3 'C-15” Celaya ...
-
Tropical Forests
By Tom JacksonDescribes the different aspects of tropical forests including climate, plants, animals, and people and contains detailed maps of key rainforests in Central America and Southeast Asia, the Amazon and Congo Rain Forests, and forests in New ...
-
Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
By Richard T. Corlett, Richard B. PrimackThis is followed by a new chapter on the unique tropical rain forests of oceanic islands.
-
Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East
By Timothy Charles WhitmoreRain forest ecology. Asia, Southeastern. Forests and forestry.
-
Tropical Forests
By Peter D. MooreSee shifting cultivation sloth bear 168 slugs 144 snails 144 snakewood 207 soil of Amazon forests 194 and clear felling ... 43 and secondary succession 63 and slash-and-burn agriculture 194 and vegetation 51–52 soil catenas 50–52, ...
-
Tropical Forests
By Michael Allaby, Richard GarrattWalker circulation Sir Gilbert Walker (1868–1958) was a British meteorologist, at one time head of the Indian Meteorological Service, who made a close study of the Indian monsoons. This led him to a wider study of tropical climates, ...
-
Tropical Forests
By Terry J. JenningsDiscusses tropical forests and their effect on the plants, animals, and humans interacting with them.