LEADER 04711nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910133647603321 005 20170816113948.0 010 $a1-283-40793-0 010 $a9786613407931 010 $a1-4443-9227-1 010 $a1-4443-9229-8 035 $a(CKB)3400000000000369 035 $a(EBL)675221 035 $a(OCoLC)742333214 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269899 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10525759 035 $a(PQKB)11116583 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC675221 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000000369 100 $a20100921d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTropical rain forests$b[electronic resource] $ean ecological and biogeographical comparison /$fRichard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley-Blackwell$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 300 $aRev. ed. of : Tropical rain forests : an ecological and biogeographical comparison / Richard Primack & Richard Corlett. c2005. 311 $a1-4443-3255-4 311 $a1-4443-3254-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTropical RainForests; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Many Tropical Rain Forests; What are tropical rain forests?; Where are the tropical rain forests?; Rain forest environments; Rain forest histories; Origins of the similarities and differences among rain forests; Many rain forests; Conclusions; Chapter 2 Plants: Building Blocks of the Rain Forest; Plant distributions; Rain forest structure; How many plant species?; Widespread plant families; Neotropical rain forests; Asian rain forests 327 $aRain forests in New Guinea and AustraliaAfrican rain forests; Madagascan rain forests; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 3 Primate Communities: A Key to Understanding Biogeography and Ecology; What are primates?; Old World versus New World primates; Primate diets; Primate communities; Primate equivalents in Australia and New Guinea; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 4 Carnivores and Plant-eaters; Carnivores; Herbivores of the forest floor; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 5 Birds: Linkages in the Rain Forest Community; Biogeography 327 $aLittle, brown, insect-eating birdsForest frugivores; Fruit size and body size; Flower visitors; Ground-dwellers; Woodpeckers; Birds of prey; Scavengers; Night birds; Migration; Comparison of bird communities across continents; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 6 Fruit Bats and Gliding Animals in the Forest Canopy; Fruit- and nectar-feeding bats; Flying behavior; Foraging behavior; Bats as pollinators and seed dispersal agents; Gliding vertebrates; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 7 Insects: Diverse, Abundant, and Ecologically Important; Butterflies; Ants 327 $aTermitesBees; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 8 Island Rain Forests; Pacific islands; Evolution on islands; Indian Ocean islands; Atlantic islands; Caribbean islands; Natural disasters; Human impacts; Conclusions and future research directions; Chapter 9 The Future of Tropical Rain Forests; Different forests, different threats; The major threats; The forces behind the threats; Global climate change; Saving the many rain forests; Conclusions and future research directions; References; Index 330 $aThe first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of 'the rain forest' as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical rain forest regions, in tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea, have as many differences as similarities, as a result of their isolation from each other during the evolution of their floras and faunas. This new edition reinforces this message with new examples from recent and on-going research. After an introduction to the environments and geological histories of the maj 606 $aRain forests 606 $aRain forest ecology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRain forests. 615 0$aRain forest ecology. 676 $a577.34 700 $aCorlett$b Richard$0312641 701 $aPrimack$b Richard B.$f1950-$0293344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910133647603321 996 $aTropical rain forests$9807315 997 $aUNINA