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Tropical rain forests : an ecological and biogeographical comparison / / Richard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack



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Autore: Corlett Richard Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tropical rain forests : an ecological and biogeographical comparison / / Richard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina: 577.34
Soggetto topico: Rain forests
Rain forest ecology
Altri autori: PrimackRichard B. <1950->  
Note generali: Rev. ed. of : Tropical rain forests : an ecological and biogeographical comparison / Richard Primack & Richard Corlett. c2005.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Tropical 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
Rain 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
Little, 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
TermitesBees; 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
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
Titolo autorizzato: Tropical rain forests  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-40793-0
9786613407931
1-4443-9227-1
1-4443-9229-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910876598003321
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