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Forest canopies [[electronic resource] ] : edited by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker
| Forest canopies [[electronic resource] ] : edited by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (542 p.) |
| Disciplina |
574.5/2642
577.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LowmanMargaret
RinkerH. Bruce |
| Collana | Physiological Ecology |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest canopies
Forest canopy ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-00546-0
9786611005467 0-08-049134-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Structures of Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Nature of Forest Canopies; Empty Space: Another View of Forest Canopy Structure; Verticality and Habitat Analysis: Macarthur and Wilson's Biogeography Theory Revisited; Chapter 2. Tropical Microclimate Considerations; Chapter 3. Quantifying and Visualizing Canopy Structure in Tall Forests: Methods and a Case Study; Canopy TrekkingŽ: A Ground-Independent, Rope-Based Method for Horizontal Movement through Forest Canopies: Roman
Chapter 4. Vertical Organization of Canopy BiotaMacaws: Dispersers in a Tropical Habitat; Vertical Stratification among Neotropical Migrants; Chapter 5. Age-Related Development of Canopy Structure and Its Ecological Functions; Measuring Canopy Structure: The Forest Canopy Database Project; Chapter 6. A History of Tree Canopies; The Evolution of Rainforest Animals; The Botanical Ghosts of Evolution; Part II: Organisms in Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 7. What Is Canopy Biology? A Microbial Perspective; Arboreal Stromatolites: A 210 Million Year Record Chapter 14. The Biodiversity Question: How Many Species of Terrestrial Arthropods Are There?Insect Zoos as Windows into Forest Canopies; Chapter 15. Physical Transport, Heterogeneity, and Interactions Involving Canopy Anoles; The Color of Poison: Flamboyant Frogs in the Rainforest Canopy; Chapter 16. Ecology and Conservation of Canopy Mammals; Body Mass of Gliding Mammals: An Energetic Approach; Vertical Stratification of Small Mammals in Lowland Rainforest of the Australian Wet Tropics; Orangutans: The Largest Canopy Dwellers; Part III: Ecological Processes in Forest Canopies; Introduction Chapter 17. Photosynthesis in Forest CanopiesChapter 18. Insect Herbivory in Tropical Forests; Measuring Forest Herbivory Levels Using Canopy Cranes; Chapter 19. Nutrient Cycling; Chapter 20. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Tropical Trees from a Canopy Perspective; DNA Sequences and Orchid Classification; Chapter 21. Decomposition in Forest Canopies; Chapter 22. Survival Strategies: A Matter of Life and Death; Part IV: Conservation and Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 23. Tarzan or Jane? A Short History of Canopy Biology; Canopy Walkways: Highways in the Sky International Canopy Crane Network |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458130103321 |
| Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forest canopies [[electronic resource] ] : edited by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker
| Forest canopies [[electronic resource] ] : edited by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (542 p.) |
| Disciplina |
574.5/2642
577.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LowmanMargaret
RinkerH. Bruce |
| Collana | Physiological Ecology |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest canopies
Forest canopy ecology |
| ISBN |
1-281-00546-0
9786611005467 0-08-049134-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Structures of Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Nature of Forest Canopies; Empty Space: Another View of Forest Canopy Structure; Verticality and Habitat Analysis: Macarthur and Wilson's Biogeography Theory Revisited; Chapter 2. Tropical Microclimate Considerations; Chapter 3. Quantifying and Visualizing Canopy Structure in Tall Forests: Methods and a Case Study; Canopy TrekkingŽ: A Ground-Independent, Rope-Based Method for Horizontal Movement through Forest Canopies: Roman
Chapter 4. Vertical Organization of Canopy BiotaMacaws: Dispersers in a Tropical Habitat; Vertical Stratification among Neotropical Migrants; Chapter 5. Age-Related Development of Canopy Structure and Its Ecological Functions; Measuring Canopy Structure: The Forest Canopy Database Project; Chapter 6. A History of Tree Canopies; The Evolution of Rainforest Animals; The Botanical Ghosts of Evolution; Part II: Organisms in Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 7. What Is Canopy Biology? A Microbial Perspective; Arboreal Stromatolites: A 210 Million Year Record Chapter 14. The Biodiversity Question: How Many Species of Terrestrial Arthropods Are There?Insect Zoos as Windows into Forest Canopies; Chapter 15. Physical Transport, Heterogeneity, and Interactions Involving Canopy Anoles; The Color of Poison: Flamboyant Frogs in the Rainforest Canopy; Chapter 16. Ecology and Conservation of Canopy Mammals; Body Mass of Gliding Mammals: An Energetic Approach; Vertical Stratification of Small Mammals in Lowland Rainforest of the Australian Wet Tropics; Orangutans: The Largest Canopy Dwellers; Part III: Ecological Processes in Forest Canopies; Introduction Chapter 17. Photosynthesis in Forest CanopiesChapter 18. Insect Herbivory in Tropical Forests; Measuring Forest Herbivory Levels Using Canopy Cranes; Chapter 19. Nutrient Cycling; Chapter 20. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Tropical Trees from a Canopy Perspective; DNA Sequences and Orchid Classification; Chapter 21. Decomposition in Forest Canopies; Chapter 22. Survival Strategies: A Matter of Life and Death; Part IV: Conservation and Forest Canopies; Introduction; Chapter 23. Tarzan or Jane? A Short History of Canopy Biology; Canopy Walkways: Highways in the Sky International Canopy Crane Network |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784563303321 |
| Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Treetops at risk : challenges of global canopy ecology and conservation / / Margaret Lowman, Soubadra Devy, T. Ganesh, editors
| Treetops at risk : challenges of global canopy ecology and conservation / / Margaret Lowman, Soubadra Devy, T. Ganesh, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 444 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 577.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LowmanMargaret
DevySoubadra GaneshT |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation Endangered ecosystems |
| ISBN | 1-4614-7161-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | FORWARD -- PART I EMERGING ISSUES -- 1. The Role of Scientific Conferences to Foster Conservation Solution for Global Forests -- 2. Greening the Planet? -- 3. Comparative Canopy Biology and the Structure of Ecosystems -- 4. Forest Canopies as Earth’s Support Systems: Priorities for Research and Conservation -- 5. Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests -- 6. Rethinking the Role of Tropical Forest Science in Forest Conservation and Management -- 7. REDD: How can scientists change the political jungle? -- 8. Narrowing global species estimates -- PART II CLIMATE CHANGE -- 9. Tropical cyclones and forest dynamics under a changing climate: what are the long-term implications for tropical forest canopies in the cyclone belt -- 10. Canopies and Climate Change -- 11. Church Forest Status and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Ethiopa -- 12. A novel approach to simulate climate change impacts on vascular epiphytes: case study in Taiwan -- 13. Sensitivity and threat in high-elevation rainforests: outcomes and consequences of the IBISCA- Queensland Project -- 14. A mature foreset canopy in a CO2-rich future - an experiment at the Swiss Canopy Crane research site -- 15. Shock value: are lianas natural lightning rods? -- 16. Potential impacts of global changes on epiphytic bryophytes in subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests, SW China -- 17. ‘Canopy-less’ monitoring of biodiversity and climate change: signs of a leaky roof -- PART III NEW APPROACHES -- 18. Mesoscale Exploration and Conservation of Tropical Canopies in a Changing Climate -- 19. Why do sloths poop on the ground? -- 20. Birds of the “canopy”: historical perspective, current trends and future directions -- 21. Functional roles of lianas in the forest canopy -- 22. Islands in a sea of foliage: mistletoes as discrete components of forest canopies -- 23. Non-vascular epiphytes: functions and risks at the tree canopy -- 24. Canopy texture analysis for large-scale assessments of tropical forest stand structure and biomass -- 25. Changing tropical forest dynamics and their effects on canopy geometry and tropical forest biodiversity -- 26. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Some Dominant Canopy and Understorey Dominant Tree Species of Sri Lanka: Implications for Conservation Management in a Fragmented Landscape -- 27. The importance of flowers for beetle biodiversity and abundance -- 28. Assessing canopy processes at large landscape scales in the Western Ghats using remote sensing -- 29. Ontogeny of Herbivory on Leaves in a Tropical Rainforest in Madagascar -- 30. Do Water Bears Climb Trees too? -- 31. From leaf litter to canopy: non-invasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rainforest -- PART IV EDUCATION AND OUTREACH -- 32. Win-Win for Scientists Who Lead Citizen Science Canopy Research Expeditions -- 33. In the Canopy with Wheel Chairs: a model for teaching field biology -- 34. Modelling Insect outbreaks in Forest Canopies -- Integration of Virtual Simulations with Hands-on Ecology for Undergraduates -- 35. Canopy Capture -- 36. Kids can save Forests.- Forest Canopy Tourism- analyzing a Flagship Attraction in the Ecotourism Arena from a Political Ecology Perspective -- PART V ECOSYSTEM, SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY -- 38. Ancient Coastal Rainforest Canopies in Western Canada: Issues in Biodiversity and Conservation -- 39. The population dynamics of epiphytic orchids: A review and methodological guide -- 40. Can canopy dwelling frogs be monitored from the ground? A case from Western Ghats of India -- 41. Just harvest: Ecology and politics of forest canopy product use in protected areas -- 42. Orchid farming, sustainable timber harvest and other forest management practices in Cameroon, Africa -- 43. Sacred groves as sanctuaries for mistletoe conservation in Kathmandu Valley -- 44. Nutrient recycling starts in the canopy: the secretive action of termites -- 45. Valuing Ecosystem Services Flowing from the Himalayan States for Incorporation into National Accounting -- 46. Whole Plants as NTFPs from the forest canopies- priorities for management and conservation. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910739403303321 |
| New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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