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Tropical forest diversity and dynamism : findings from a large scale plot network
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Auteur(s) : |
Elisabeth C Losos, Auteur
Egbert G. Leigh Jr, Auteur |
Type de document : | Livre |
Sujets : | Habitat ; Forêt tropicale |
Résumé : |
"The consortium of tropical forest ecologists coordinated by lhe Center for Tropical Forest Science has been conducting pioneering research on the structure, dynamics, and functioning of tropical forests for more than two decades, establishing a network oflarge-scale forest dynamics plots on which ail trees above a minimum threshold size have been measured, mapped, and identified. These data have yielded globally significant developments in our understanding of the ecology of tropical forests. This book summarizes this rich record of achievement and presents its most compelling scientific findings. For the first lime, baseline information, expert commental'y, and sample analyses of tropical forest sites from each of the major tropical forest regions are brought together in one place. [...] "The consortium of tropical forest ecologists coordinated by lhe Center for Tropical Forest Science has been conducting pioneering research on the structure, dynamics, and functioning of tropical forests for more than two decades, establishing a network oflarge-scale forest dynamics plots on which ail trees above a minimum threshold size have been measured, mapped, and identified. These data have yielded globally significant developments in our understanding of the ecology of tropical forests. This book summarizes this rich record of achievement and presents its most compelling scientific findings. For the first lime, baseline information, expert commental'y, and sample analyses of tropical forest sites from each of the major tropical forest regions are brought together in one place. This book will provide an essential reference for all students and professionals with an interest in the ecology and management of forests and will be a rich resource for planning the next steps for research in tropical forest ecology. Given the contemporary crisis over the loss of forest cover and biodiversity in the tropics, this important contribution from the Center for Tropical Forest Science network is both timely and sorely needed, "DAVID BURSLEM, University of Aberdeen. "A timely and informative book by sorne of the world's preeminent tropical forest ecologists, this volume offers important insights into how to develop a global scale ecological research network and reveals how such networks can enrich our understanding of the mechanisms that drive the creation, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in tropical forests." -SANDY ANDELMAN, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara "Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism includes a valuable compilation of case studies following a consistent approach and a high degree of teehnical rigor that provide a firm basis for a series of useful yet authoritative overviews and syntheses. This book will be of interest to any serious student of tropical Forest ecology and diversity."-DOUGLAS SHEIL, Center for International Forestry Research "A major advance in our understanding of tropical forest diversity and dynamics in bath the general and particular. A landmark volume long awaited and exciting to plumb, it will anchor the explosion of knowledge which will burst from the Center for Tropical Forest Science netwlork."-THOMAS LOVEJOY, President of The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economies, and the Environment. |
Editeur(s) : | Chicago : The University of Chicago press |
Date de publication : | 2004 |
Format : | 645 p. / ill., graph., tabl., ref., index. |
Langue(s) : | Anglais |
Identifiant : | 978-0-226-49346-6 |
Lien vers la notice : | https://infodoc.agroparistech.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=152264 |
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Localisation | Emplacement | Pôle | Section | Cote | Support | Disponibilité |
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Kourou | SCIENCES DE LA VIE | AgroParisTech-Kourou | I205.LOS.2004 | Papier | Empruntable Disponible | |
Kourou | SCIENCES DE LA VIE | AgroParisTech-Kourou | I205.LOS.2004 | Papier | Empruntable Disponible |