Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation

Name: Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation
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ISBN: 9780199285884

ISBN-10: 0199285888

ISBN-13: 9780199285884

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jaboury Ghazoul, Douglas Sheil

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Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial proportion of the world's population and are the source of many internationally traded commodities. They remain (despite decades of conservation attention) increasingly vulnerable to degradation and clearance, with profound though often uncertain future costs to global society. Understanding theecology of these diverse biomes, and peoples' dependencies on them, is fundamental to their future management and conservation. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation introduces and explores what…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 5/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English




Tropical Rain Forests: Myths and Inspirations



The Natural Heritage



An Exuberance of Plant Life



The Great Unseen: Fungi and Microorganisms



More than Monkeys: the Vertebrates



The Little Things: Invertebrates



Origins, Patterns, and Processes



From the Beginning: Origins and Transformation



Many Rain Forests: Formations and Ecotones



So Many Species, so Many Theories



Processes and Cycles



Plant Form and Function: What it Takes to Survive



The Ever Changing Forest: Disturbance and Dynamics



The Bloomin' Rainforests: How Flowering Plants Reproduce



Nature's Society: Life's Interactions



Our Future Legacy



Forests in the Anthropocene



People of the Forest: Livelihoods and Welfare



Biodiversity in a Changing World



A Matter for Scientists and Society: Conserving Forested Landscapes



Requiem or Revival


Bibliography


Index