A Land-ecological Study of Soils, Vegetation, and Plant Diversity in Colombian Amazonia
Author: Joost F. Duivenvoorden
Publisher: Balogh Scientific Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13:
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Nouragues
Author: F. Bongers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9401598215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration. Since then a lot of research has been done on this and related topics. This book provides an overview of the main research results, and focuses on plant communities, vertebrate communities and evolutionary ecology, frugivory and seed dispersal, and forest dynamics and recruitment. The appendices give (annoted) checklists of plants, birds, mammals, herpetofauna and fishes found in the same area.
Plant Diversity and Complexity Patterns
Author: Ib Friis
Publisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9788773043042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForest Biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring
Author: J.A. Comiskey
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1998-11-15
Total Pages: 798
ISBN-13: 9781850709640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second of two high-level, data-rich volumes from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity. In original contributions, some three hundred scientists from over forty countries discuss socioeconomic aspects, ecological monitoring and assessment, forest dynamics, growth trends, dry forests, species richness of woody regeneration and of vascular plants, hurricane impact, tropical cloud forests, Landsat-TM satellite mapping, and quantitative ethnobotany. The book covers first the research and monitoring methodologies for the New World and then the results of individual research and integrated studies on all aspects of forest biodiversity in North and South America and the Caribbean.
Forest Ecology
Author: Arnold van der Valk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-08-02
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9048127955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides an overview of recent advances in forest ecology on a variety of topics, including species diversity and the factors that control species diversity, environmental factors controlling distribution of forests, impacts of disturbances on forests (fires, drought, hurricane), reproduction ecology of both trees and understory species, and spatial organization of forests. Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.1, 2009.
Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Author: Andreas Schulte
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 3662036495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.
Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development
Author: Gregory R. Wessel
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2016-05-18
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0813725208
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Offers overview of applications of geosciences to sustainable development and geophilanthropic efforts worldwide, and offers advice to guide creation of development projects. Primacy of geologic input to all development activities is highlighted along with problems that are encountered and environmental issues that must be addressed" --
The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and Wetlands
Author: Michael E. McClain
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1901502023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes
Author: Valentí Rull
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-03-30
Total Pages: 816
ISBN-13: 3030311678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters were written by prominent researchers in the fields of tropical biology, molecular ecology, climatology, paleoecology, and geography, producing an outstanding collection of essays, synthetic analyses, and novel investigations that describe and improve our understanding of the biodiversity of this unique region. With chapters on the Amazon and Caribbean forests, the Atlantic rainforests, the Andes, the Cerrado savannahs, the Caatinga drylands, the Chaco, and Mesoamerica – along with broad taxonomic coverage – this book summarizes a wide range of hypotheses, views, and methods concerning the processes and mechanisms of neotropical diversification. The range of perspectives presented makes the book a truly comprehensive, state-of-the-art publication on the topic, which will fascinate both scientists and general readers alike.
Dynamics of Tropical Communities
Author: D. M. Newbery
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-08
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9780521839990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1998 volume challenges the validity of the dynamic equilibrium concept for tropical forests.
