The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521420547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 599 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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This volume is certain to become a new classic and a well used reference for biologists who are conducting their own tropical forest research." Ecoscience . "This new book will stand as a record of what the rain forest was like in the 20th century and will be valuable to graduate students in botany, tropical biology, ecology, and conservation biology." Weed Technology"The long-awaited, much expanded second edition of this landmark work--superb!" Taxon"This book is widely considered a classic in tropical biologyI highly recommend this book to all ecologists, botanists, and plant geographers
Walsh), soils (contributed by I.C. Greig-Smith). Walsh), microclimates and hydrology (contributed by R.P.D. Baillie) and an appendix on quantitative methods (contributed by P. The completely revised edition includes new chapters on climate (contributed by R.P.D. With a focus on ecology, this book discusses rain forests as complex natural systems that are continually changing in response to climate and soil conditions, as well as to shifting cultivation, logging, and other human activities. This book, first published in 1952, is now a classic and represents an important record of what has become of the rain forest in the twentieth century and will be meaningful reading for botanists, ecologists, tropical biologists, conservationists, and general readers.. The rain forests of tropical America, Africa, Asia, and Australia are rapidly vanishing