In Theaetetus , Plato ( cited in Merton , 1968 : 56-57 ) observed that “ particulars are infinite , and the higher generalities give no sufficient direction ; ... the pith of all sciences , which maketh the artsman differ from the ...
Stolle , Fred , and Thomas P. Tomich . 1999. “ The 1997-1998 Fire Event in Indonesia . " Nature and Resources 35 ( 3 ) : 22–30 . Stone , Roger , and Claudia D'Andrea . 2001. Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit : Journeys to the Brink ...
Walker 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, ...
It is a general principle of biogeography that species' turnover rates on islands are higher than those on continents. Inevitably, the same is true of scientists assigned to work on islands.
See 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, ...
Neotropical forest: La Fumée Mountain, French Guiana." Mem. New York Bot Gard. 44, 1-190. Mori, S. A. and Prance, G. T. (1987a). "Phytogeography." pp. 55-71 In Mori, S. A. and collaborators, "The Lecythidaceae of a lowland Neotropical ...
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...
DAWKINS H. C. (1958), The management of natural tropical high forest with special reference to Uganda, Institute paper No. 34, Imperial Forestry Institute, ... FAO (1981), Forest Resources of Tropical Africa, Parts 1 and 2, GEMS, Rome.
Discusses tropical forests and their effect on the plants, animals, and humans interacting with them.
Treefall gaps and maintenance of species diversity in a tropical forest. Ecology, 2001; 82: 913–919. Laurance WF, Peres CA. Emerging threats to Tropical Forests. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. 2005; 520 p.
This book will be of great use and could be useful to students, scientists, ecologists, population and conservation biologists, and forest managers across the globe.
The publication of this book was supported by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations
... Agricultural Modernization Law of Honduras: The Case of Olancho.” Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) ... Expansion and Pioneer Settlement in the Humid Tropics. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. Uphoff, Norman. 2001 ...
The 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.
Describes 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 forests are widely recognized as the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystems on earth and include many of the world's most endangered habitats and organisms. Biodiverse, economically crucial, and ecologically irreplaceable,...
Tropical Forests