Tropical Trees and Forests
Author: F. Halle
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 3642811906
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Tropical Tree Physiology
Author: Guillermo Goldstein
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-03-04
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 3319274228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the latest information on tropical tree physiology, making it a valuable research tool for a wide variety of researchers. It is also of general interest to ecologists (e.g. Ecological Society of America; > 3000 or 4000 members at annual meeting), physiologists (e.g. American Society of Plant Biologists; > 2,000 members at annual meeting), and tropical biologists (e.g. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, ATBC; > 500 members at annual meeting). (American Geophysical Union(AGU), > 20000 members at annual meeting). Since plant physiology is taught at every university that offers a life sciences, forestry or agricultural program, and physiology is a focus at research institutes and agencies worldwide, the book is a must-have for university and research institution libraries.
The Ecology of Trees in the Tropical Rain Forest
Author: I. M. Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-07-05
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 113942887X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the forest itself. This book aims to summarise contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology.
Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia
Author: Peter Ashton
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2022-10-14
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 022653569X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Exploring the Tapovan takes the reader on an expedition into the leafy, clammy, forested landscapes of tropical Asia. Peter Ashton and David Lee, two of the world's leading scholars on Asian tropical rain forests reveal the geology and climate that have produced these unique forests, the diversity of species that inhabit them, and the role of humans in modifying the landscapes over centuries. This work follows Peter Ashton's massive On the Forests of Tropical Asia, the first book to describe the forests of the entire tropical Asian region, from Sind to New Guinea. It provides a more condensed, accessible, and updated overview of tropical Asian forests aimed at students as well as tropical forest biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists"--
Restoring Tropical Forests
Author: Stephen D. Elliott
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781842464427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRestoring Tropical Forests is a user-friendly guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit, this book will enable improvements in existing forest restoration projects and provide a key resource for new ones. The book presents three aspects of the restoration of tropical forest ecosystems: the concepts of tropical forest dynamics and regeneration that are relevant to tropical forest restoration, proven restoration techniques and case studies of their successful application, and research methods to refine such techniques and adapt them to local ecological and socio-economic conditions.
Tropical Trees as Living Systems
Author: P. B. Tomlinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-06-10
Total Pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9780521142472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book assesses the scientific knowledge of tropical tree biology set against a background of community ecology and forest structure.
Trees, Woods and Forests
Author: Charles Watkins
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1780234155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForests—and the trees within them—have always been a central resource for the development of technology, culture, and the expansion of humans as a species. Examining and challenging our historical and modern attitudes toward wooded environments, this engaging book explores how our understanding of forests has transformed in recent years and how it fits in our continuing anxiety about our impact on the natural world. Drawing on the most recent work of historians, ecologist geographers, botanists, and forestry professionals, Charles Watkins reveals how established ideas about trees—such as the spread of continuous dense forests across the whole of Europe after the Ice Age—have been questioned and even overturned by archaeological and historical research. He shows how concern over woodland loss in Europe is not well founded—especially while tropical forests elsewhere continue to be cleared—and he unpicks the variety of values and meanings different societies have ascribed to the arboreal. Altogether, he provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of humankind’s interaction with this abused but valuable resource.
Managing the Wild
Author: Charles M. Peters
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-02-20
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0300235526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawn from ecologist Charles M. Peters’s thirty†‘five years of fieldwork around the globe, these absorbing stories argue that the best solutions for sustainably managing tropical forests come from the people who live in them. As Peters says, “Local people know a lot about managing tropical forests, and they are much better at it than we are.” With the aim of showing policy makers, conservation advocates, and others the potential benefits of giving communities a more prominent conservation role, Peters offers readers fascinating backstories of positive forest interactions. He provides examples such as the Kenyah Dayak people of Indonesia, who manage subsistence orchards and are perhaps the world’s most gifted foresters, and communities in Mexico that sustainably harvest agave for mescal and demonstrate a near†‘heroic commitment to good practices. No forest is pristine, and Peters’s work shows that communities have been doing skillful, subtle forest management throughout the tropics for several hundred years.
Biophysical and Biochemical Characterization and Plant Species Studies
Author: Prasad S. Thenkabail
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2018-12-06
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0429775210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHyperspectral remote sensing has been increasingly used in studding and assessing biophysical and biochemical properties of agricultural crops. This volume demonstrates the experience and the methods used in studying terrestrial vegetation using hyperspectral data. It focuses on specific applications, reviews existing “state-of-art” knowledge, highlights the advances made, and provides guidance for appropriate use of hyperspectral data in applications such as crop yield modeling, crop biophysical and biochemical property characterization, and crop moisture assessment. Includes extensive discussions on data processing and how to implement data processing mechanisms.
Gods, Wasps and Stranglers
Author: Mike Shanahan
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1603587144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThey are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers rainforest royalty more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers tells their amazing story.
