LEADER 04995nam 2200697 u 450 001 9910975419303321 005 20251116232049.0 010 $a0-19-770228-7 010 $a1-280-76070-2 010 $a9786610760701 010 $a0-19-535726-4 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195096026.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000550993 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000262451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225313 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10271284 035 $a(PQKB)10681606 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431043 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329723 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL76070 035 $a(OCoLC)434880087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431043 035 $a(OCoLC)1406785391 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197702284 035 $a(OCoLC)36768102 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB166539 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000550993 100 $a19990412e20231998 |y | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTropical forest ecology $ea view from Barro Colorado Island /$fby Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $axvi, 245 p. $cill 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1999. 311 08$a0-19-509602-9 311 08$a0-19-509603-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- References -- ONE: Barro Colorado Island: The Background -- The Study Area -- The History of Barro Colorado's Biota -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- TWO: Dramatis Personae -- Principal Plants of Barro Colorado -- Principal Animals of Barro Colorado -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- THREE: Tropical Climates -- Climate and Vegetation Type -- Rainfall -- Factors Affecting Evapotranspiration -- Evapotranspiration in Montane Forests -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 3.1. Estimating Evapotranspiration -- References -- FOUR: Runoff, Erosion, and Soil Formation -- Modes of Runoff -- Runoff and Weathering -- Soil and Vegetation -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- FIVE: Telling the Trees from the Forest: Tree Shapes and Leaf Arrangement -- Different Architectures of Tropical Trees -- Designing Trees: Goals and Constraints -- Comparing Leaf Arrangements, Tree Architectures, and Forest Structure -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 5.1: How Tall Can a Tree Be? -- Appendix 5.2: Collecting the Data for Tables 5.10-5.12 -- References -- SIX: Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest -- The "Constants of Tropical Forest -- Leaf Area Index and Leaf Fall in Different Forest Types -- The Gross Production (Total Photosynthesis) of Tropical Forest -- How is a Forest's Energy Allocated? -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 6.1: Basal Area and Litterfall in Different Forests -- References -- SEVEN: The Seasonal Rhythms of Fruiting and Leaf Flush and the Regulation of Animal Populations -- The Seasonal Rhythm of the Forest's Food Production -- The Timing of Leaf Flush, Flowering, and Fruiting -- What the Forest Makes and Who Eats It -- Regulation of Populations of Vertebrate Folivores and Frugivores -- Insects of Tree Crowns -- Concluding Remarks. 327 $aAppendix 7.1: Number of Species of Plants of Different Categories Dropping Fruit Into Traps Each Week on the Central Plateau of Barro Colorado, 1992-1995 -- Appendix 7.2: The Mammals of BCI and Manú -- References -- EIGHT: Tropical Diversity -- Documenting Tree Diversity -- Necessary Conditions for Tropical Diversity -- Explaining the Diversity of Tropical Trees -- Consequences of Tree Diversity -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 8.1: Diversity in Different Forest Plots -- Appendix 8.2: The Distribution of Tree Abundances -- References -- NINE: The Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest -- Mutualism in a Competitive World -- Ecosystems as Commonwealths -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 9.1: The Varieties of Group Selection -- References -- TEN: The Rainforest Endangered -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z. 330 8 $aThis text is a synoptic comparison of tropical forests, based on a detailed understanding of one particular tropical forest - Barro Colorado Island. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aForest ecology$zPanama$zBarro Colorado Island 607 $aBarro Colorado Island (Panama) 615 0$aForest ecology 676 $a577.34/097287/5 700 $aLeigh$b Egbert Giles$01887651 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910975419303321 996 $aTropical forest ecology$94525054 997 $aUNINA