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UNINA9910816796603321 |
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Autore |
Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> |
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Titolo |
The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / / I.M. Turner |
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Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-12288-0 |
0-521-06374-4 |
1-280-43312-4 |
9786610433124 |
0-511-17378-4 |
0-511-15302-3 |
0-511-32509-6 |
0-511-54220-8 |
0-511-04769-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge tropical biology series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rain forest plants - Ecophysiology |
Trees - Ecophysiology - Tropics |
Rain forest ecology |
Forests and forestry - Tropics |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-280) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand 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 |
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