The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest /
"Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousands of species that occur. Yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the forest itself. This b...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001
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| Series: | Cambridge tropical biology series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousands of species that occur. 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. The emphasis is on comparative ecology, an approach that can help to identify possible adaptive trends and evolutionary constraints and which may also lead to a workable ecological classification for tree species, conceptually simplifying the rain-forest community and making it more amenable to analysis." "The organisation of the book follows the life cycle of a tree, starting with the mature tree, moving on to reproduction and then considering seed germination and growth to maturity. Topics covered therefore include structure and physiology, population biology, reproductive biology and regeneration. The book concludes with a critical analysis of ecological classification systems for tree species in the tropical rain forest."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-280) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511041489 9780511041488 0511032420 9780511032424 0511173784 9780511173783 9780511542206 0511542208 9780511047695 051104769X 9786610433124 6610433127 0521801834 9780521801836 9780521063746 0521063744 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
