Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island

ISBN-10: 0195096037
ISBN-13: 9780195096033
Series: Tropical Forest Ecology
Category: Barro Colorado Island (Panama).
Pages: 245
Language: English
Published: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Author: Egbert Giles Leigh

Description

This book considers three essential questions for understanding the ecological organization of tropical forests. How do they stay green with their abundance of herbivores? Why do they have such a diversity of plants and animals? And what role does mutualism play in the ecology of tropical forests? Beautifully written and abundantly illustrated, Tropical Forest Ecology will certainly appeal to a wide variety of scientists.