A Caribbean forest tapestry : the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response / / edited by Nicholas Brokaw [and six others]

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (483 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.3097295
• Soggetto topico: Forest ecology - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains; Forest ecology - Caribbean Area; Forest ecology - Tropics; Ecological disturbances - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains; Adaptation (Biology) - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains; Biotic communities - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains; Forest management - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains; Forest conservation - Puerto Rico - Luquillo Mountains
• Soggetto geografico: Luquillo Mountains (P.R.) Environmental conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): BrokawNicholas V. L.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ecological paradigms for the tropics : old questions and continuing challenges / Ariel E. Lugo [et al.] -- Conceptual overview : disturbance, gradients, and ecological response / Robert B. Waide and Michael R. Willig -- Geographic and ecological Setting of the Luquillo Mountains / William H. McDowell ... [et al.] -- Disturbance regime / Frederick N. Scatena ... [et al.] -- Response to disturbance / Nicholas Brokaw ... [et al.] -- When and where biota matter : linking disturbance regimes, species characteristics and dynamics of communities and ecosystems / Todd A. Crowl ... [et al.] -- Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research / Ariel E. Lugo ... [et al.] -- Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains : synthesis and foundations for the future / Michael R. Willig ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of change if we understand how tropical ecosystems respond to disturbance. For tropical forests and streams in Puerto Rico this book describes the impacts of, and recovery from, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and human disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. These ecosystems recover quickly after natural disturbances, having been shaped over time by such events. But human disturbance has longer-lasting impacts.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Caribbean forest tapestry
• ISBN: 0-19-971511-4; 0-19-026774-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820474503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Long-Term Ecological Research Network series.