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Tropical forest community ecology
Údaje o názvu Tropical forest community ecology / editors, Walter P. Carson, Stefan A. Schnitzer, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Nakladatel Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2008 Fyz.popis 1 online zdroj (xvii, 517 stran) : ilustrace, mapy ISBN 9781444305319 (online) 144430531X (online) Poznámky o skryté bibliografii a rejstřících Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Úplný obsah Scope of the book and key contributions / Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson -- Spatial variation in tree species composition across tropical forests: pattern and process / Jérôme Chave -- The disparity in tree species richness among tropical, temperate, and boreal biomes: the geographic area and age hypothesis / Paul V.A. Fine, Richard H. Ree, and Robyn J. Burnham -- Explaining geographic range size by species age: a test using neotropical Piper species / John R. Paul and Stephen J. Tonsor -- Patterns of herbivory and defense in tropical dry and rainforests / Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege -- Ecological organization, biogeography, and the phylogenetic structure of tropical forest tree communities / Campbell O. Webb, Charles H. Canon, and Stuart J. Davies -- Large tropical forest dynamics plots: testing explanations for the maintenance of species diversity / Jess K. Zimmerman, Jill Thompson, and Nicholas Brokaw -- Tropical forest ecology: sterile of virgin for theoreticians? / Egbert G. Leigh, Jr -- Approaching ecological complexity from the perspective of symmetric neutral theory / Stephen P. Hubbell -- Functional basis for resource niche partitioning by tropical trees / Kaoru Kitajima and Lourens Poorter -- Colonization-related trade-offs in tropical forests and their role in the maintenance of plant species diversity / Helene C. Muller-Landau -- Treefall gaps and the maintenance of plant species diversity in tropical forests / Stefan A. Schnitzer, Joseph Mascaro, and Walter P. Carson -- Challenges associated with testing and falsifying the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a review and critique / Walter P. Carson [and others] -- Seed limitation and the coexistence of pioneer tree species / James W. Dalling and Robert John -- Endophytic fungi: hidden components of tropical community ecology / A. Elizabeh Arnold -- Tropical tritrophic interactions: nasty hosts and ubiquitous cascades / Lee A. Dyer -- Variation in tree seedling and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore responses to the exclusion of terrestrial vertebrates: implications for how vertebrates structure tropical communities / Tad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring -- Ecosystem decay in closed forest fragments / John Terborgh and Kenneth Feeley -- Resource limitation of insular animals: causes and consequences / Gregory H. Adler -- Tropical arboreal ants: linking nutrition to roles in rainforest ecosystems / Diane W. Davidson and Steven C. Cook -- Soil fertility and arboreal mammal biomass in tropical forests / Carlos A. Peres -- Processes constraining woody species succession on abandoned pastures in the tropics: on the relevance of temperate models of succession / Chris J. Peterson and Walter P. Carson -- Chance and determinism in tropical forest succession / Robin L. Chazdon -- Exotic plant invasions in tropical forests: patterns and hypotheses / Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt -- Linking insights from ecological research with bioprospecting to promote conservation, enhance research capacity, and provide economic uses of biodiversity / Thomas A. Kursar [and others] -- Tropical rainforest conservation: a global perspective / Richard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack -- Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon / William F. Laurance -- Contributions of ecologists to tropical forest conservation / Francis E. Putz and Pieter A. Zuidema. Poznámky k dostupnosti Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Poznámky Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Dal.odpovědnost Carson, Walter P. (editor) Schnitzer, Stefan A. (editor) Dal.odpovědnost Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tištěná verze knihy Předmět.hesla tropické deštné lesy tropical rain forests * environmentální aspekty environmental aspects * biodiverzita biodiversity * biosféra biosphere Forma, žánr elektronické knihy electronic books Konspekt 574 - Obecná ekologie MDT 502.211 , 574.1 , 502/504 , 581.526.422(213.5) , (0.034.2:08) Země vyd. Velká Británie ; Spojené státy americké Jazyk dok. angličtina Druh dok. Elektronické zdroje URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=304263 kniha
Containing contributions from some of the world's leading tropical ecologists this book provides a summary of the key issues in the discipline of tropical ecology.:.; Includes contributions from some of the world's leading tropical ecologists.; Covers patterns of species distribution, the maintenance of species diversity, the community ecology of tropical animals, forest regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems.
Scope of the book and key contributions / Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson -- Spatial variation in tree species composition across tropical forests: pattern and process / Jérôme Chave -- The disparity in tree species richness among tropical, temperate, and boreal biomes: the geographic area and age hypothesis / Paul V.A. Fine, Richard H. Ree, and Robyn J. Burnham -- Explaining geographic range size by species age: a test using neotropical Piper species / John R. Paul and Stephen J. Tonsor -- Patterns of herbivory and defense in tropical dry and rainforests / Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege -- Ecological organization, biogeography, and the phylogenetic structure of tropical forest tree communities / Campbell O. Webb, Charles H. Canon, and Stuart J. Davies -- Large tropical forest dynamics plots: testing explanations for the maintenance of species diversity / Jess K. Zimmerman, Jill Thompson, and Nicholas Brokaw -- Tropical forest ecology: sterile of virgin for theoreticians? / Egbert G. Leigh, Jr -- Approaching ecological complexity from the perspective of symmetric neutral theory / Stephen P. Hubbell -- Functional basis for resource niche partitioning by tropical trees / Kaoru Kitajima and Lourens Poorter -- Colonization-related trade-offs in tropical forests and their role in the maintenance of plant species diversity / Helene C. Muller-Landau -- Treefall gaps and the maintenance of plant species diversity in tropical forests / Stefan A. Schnitzer, Joseph Mascaro, and Walter P. Carson -- Challenges associated with testing and falsifying the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a review and critique / Walter P. Carson [and others] -- Seed limitation and the coexistence of pioneer tree species / James W. Dalling and Robert John -- Endophytic fungi: hidden components of tropical community ecology / A. Elizabeh Arnold -- Tropical tritrophic interactions: nasty hosts and ubiquitous cascades / Lee A. Dyer -- Variation in tree seedling and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore responses to the exclusion of terrestrial vertebrates: implications for how vertebrates structure tropical communities / Tad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring -- Ecosystem decay in closed forest fragments / John Terborgh and Kenneth Feeley -- Resource limitation of insular animals: causes and consequences / Gregory H. Adler -- Tropical arboreal ants: linking nutrition to roles in rainforest ecosystems / Diane W. Davidson and Steven C. Cook -- Soil fertility and arboreal mammal biomass in tropical forests / Carlos A. Peres -- Processes constraining woody species succession on abandoned pastures in the tropics: on the relevance of temperate models of succession / Chris J. Peterson and Walter P. Carson -- Chance and determinism in tropical forest succession / Robin L. Chazdon -- Exotic plant invasions in tropical forests: patterns and hypotheses / Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt -- Linking insights from ecological research with bioprospecting to promote conservation, enhance research capacity, and provide economic uses of biodiversity / Thomas A. Kursar [and others] -- Tropical rainforest conservation: a global perspective / Richard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack -- Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon / William F. Laurance -- Contributions of ecologists to tropical forest conservation / Francis E. Putz and Pieter A. Zuidema.
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