Ecological succession on fallowed shifting cultivation fields : a review of the literature / / Claudio O. Delang, Wing Man Li |
Autore | Delang Claudio O |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (131 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7153 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LiWing Man |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in ecology |
Soggetto topico |
Ecological succession
Forest plants Rain forest ecology |
ISBN |
1-283-94532-0
94-007-5821-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Forest structure -- 3. Species richness and diversity -- 4. Species composition -- 5. Factors contributing to differences in forest recovery rates -- 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437823903321 |
Delang Claudio O | ||
New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / / I.M. Turner [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 577.34 |
Collana | Cambridge tropical biology series |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest plants - Ecophysiology
Trees - Ecophysiology - Tropics Rain forest ecology Forests and forestry - Tropics |
ISBN |
1-107-12288-0
0-521-06374-4 1-280-43312-4 9786610433124 0-511-17378-4 0-511-15302-3 0-511-32509-6 0-511-54220-8 0-511-04769-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449701103321 |
Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / / I.M. Turner [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 577.34 |
Collana | Cambridge tropical biology series |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest plants - Ecophysiology
Trees - Ecophysiology - Tropics Rain forest ecology Forests and forestry - Tropics |
ISBN |
1-107-12288-0
0-521-06374-4 1-280-43312-4 9786610433124 0-511-17378-4 0-511-15302-3 0-511-32509-6 0-511-54220-8 0-511-04769-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777326703321 |
Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / / I.M. Turner |
Autore | Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 577.34 |
Collana | Cambridge tropical biology series |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest plants - Ecophysiology
Trees - Ecophysiology - Tropics Rain forest ecology Forests and forestry - Tropics |
ISBN |
1-107-12288-0
0-521-06374-4 1-280-43312-4 9786610433124 0-511-17378-4 0-511-15302-3 0-511-32509-6 0-511-54220-8 0-511-04769-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816796603321 |
Turner I. M (Ian Mark), <1963-> | ||
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ectomycorrhizal symbioses in tropical and neotropical forests / / editors: Amadou M. Ba, Universite Antilles-Guyane, Guadeloupe (French West Indies), France, Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA, Abdala G. Diedhi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.34 |
Soggetto topico |
Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Ectomycorrhizas Rain forest ecology |
ISBN |
0-429-07348-8
1-4665-9469-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Diversity and Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Mixed and Monodominant African Tropical Rainforests; Chapter 2 Ectomycorrhizas of Three Species of Nyctaginaceae in the Tropical Mountain Rain Forest of South Ecuador; Chapter 3 Diversity and Abundance of Ectomycorrhizal Associations in Rain Forests of Cameroon under Different Disturbance Regimes; Chapter 4 Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity and their Importance on the Establishment of Native Species Seedlings within Madagascarian Degraded Sclerophyllous Forest
Chapter 5 Morpho- anatomical Characterization of Three Sebacinales Ectomycorrhizal Species from a Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea ssp. nitida ( Dipterocarpaceae) Forest in Southern VenezuelaChapter 6 Abundance, Distribution, and Function of Pisolithus albus and other Ectomycorrhizal Fungi of Ultramafic Soils in New Caledonia; Chapter 7 Diversity and Function of Ectomycorrhiza between Scleroderma and Afzelia Species in Burkina Faso ( West Africa); Chapter 8 The Physiology of Scleroderma sinnamariense Mont. ( Sclerodermaceae), an Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Associated with Gnetum spp. (Gnetaceae) Chapter 9 Alleviation of Salt Stress by Scleroderma bermudense in Coccoloba uvifera Seedlings in the French West IndiesChapter 10 The Contribution of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Feedbacks to the Maintenance of Tropical Monodominant Rain Forests; Chapter 11 Ectomycorrhiza in Forest Rehabilitation in Indonesia; Chapter 12 The Controlled Ectomycorrhization Practices in Tropical Areas: Fungal Inoculum Biotechnology, Field Results and Research Perspectives; Chapter 13 Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Edible Fungi in the Sudanian Centre of Endemism: A Plea for Valorisation; Color Plate Section Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789118703321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ectomycorrhizal symbioses in tropical and neotropical forests / / editors: Amadou M. Ba, Universite Antilles-Guyane, Guadeloupe (French West Indies), France, Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA, Abdala G. Diedhi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.34 |
Soggetto topico |
Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Ectomycorrhizas Rain forest ecology |
ISBN |
0-429-07348-8
1-4665-9469-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Diversity and Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Mixed and Monodominant African Tropical Rainforests; Chapter 2 Ectomycorrhizas of Three Species of Nyctaginaceae in the Tropical Mountain Rain Forest of South Ecuador; Chapter 3 Diversity and Abundance of Ectomycorrhizal Associations in Rain Forests of Cameroon under Different Disturbance Regimes; Chapter 4 Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity and their Importance on the Establishment of Native Species Seedlings within Madagascarian Degraded Sclerophyllous Forest
Chapter 5 Morpho- anatomical Characterization of Three Sebacinales Ectomycorrhizal Species from a Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea ssp. nitida ( Dipterocarpaceae) Forest in Southern VenezuelaChapter 6 Abundance, Distribution, and Function of Pisolithus albus and other Ectomycorrhizal Fungi of Ultramafic Soils in New Caledonia; Chapter 7 Diversity and Function of Ectomycorrhiza between Scleroderma and Afzelia Species in Burkina Faso ( West Africa); Chapter 8 The Physiology of Scleroderma sinnamariense Mont. ( Sclerodermaceae), an Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Associated with Gnetum spp. (Gnetaceae) Chapter 9 Alleviation of Salt Stress by Scleroderma bermudense in Coccoloba uvifera Seedlings in the French West IndiesChapter 10 The Contribution of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Feedbacks to the Maintenance of Tropical Monodominant Rain Forests; Chapter 11 Ectomycorrhiza in Forest Rehabilitation in Indonesia; Chapter 12 The Controlled Ectomycorrhization Practices in Tropical Areas: Fungal Inoculum Biotechnology, Field Results and Research Perspectives; Chapter 13 Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Edible Fungi in the Sudanian Centre of Endemism: A Plea for Valorisation; Color Plate Section Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818933103321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Footprints in the jungle [[electronic resource] ] : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/16/0913 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BowlesIan A
PrickettGlenn T |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Tropics
Forest products industry - Environmental aspects - Tropics Economic development - Environmental aspects - Tropics Forest biodiversity conservation - Tropics Rain forest conservation Rain forest ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4294-0220-2
1-280-53028-6 1-60256-330-6 0-19-802906-3 9786610530281 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. The Growing Footprint: Resource Extraction Investments Expand Further into the Humid Tropics; Part I: Conservation and Development in the Twenty-first-Century Tropics; 1 Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends, and the Outlook for the Future; 2 Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development; 3 Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries; Part ll: Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation
4 Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics5 An Industry Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador; 6 Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru; Part III: Forests under Pressure; 7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation; 8 Aracruz Celulose: A Case History 9 Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for Conservation and Rural Development10 Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests; Part IV: Mining and Conservation; 11 Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Toward a Realistic Partnership; 12 Mining Industry Responses to Environmental and Social Issues; 13 Evolution of Environmental Practice during Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project in French Guiana 14 Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction AgreementsPart V: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 15 Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts; 16 Environmental and Social Considerations in the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network; 17 Roads and Tropical Forests: From White Lines to White Elephants; 18 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate ResponsibilityIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465490503321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Footprints in the jungle : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / / editors, Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.95/16/0913 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BowlesIan A
PrickettGlenn T |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Tropics
Forest products industry - Environmental aspects - Tropics Economic development - Environmental aspects - Tropics Forest biodiversity conservation - Tropics Rain forest conservation Rain forest ecology |
ISBN |
1-4294-0220-2
1-280-53028-6 1-60256-330-6 0-19-802906-3 9786610530281 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. The Growing Footprint: Resource Extraction Investments Expand Further into the Humid Tropics; Part I: Conservation and Development in the Twenty-first-Century Tropics; 1 Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends, and the Outlook for the Future; 2 Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development; 3 Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries; Part ll: Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation
4 Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics 5 An Industry Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador; 6 Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru; Part III: Forests under Pressure; 7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation; 8 Aracruz Celulose: A Case History 9 Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for Conservation and Rural Development 10 Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests; Part IV: Mining and Conservation; 11 Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Toward a Realistic Partnership; 12 Mining Industry Responses to Environmental and Social Issues; 13 Evolution of Environmental Practice during Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project in French Guiana 14 Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements Part V: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 15 Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts; 16 Environmental and Social Considerations in the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network; 17 Roads and Tropical Forests: From White Lines to White Elephants; 18 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion; Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792267603321 |
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Footprints in the jungle : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.95/16/0913 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BowlesIan A
PrickettGlenn T |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Tropics
Forest products industry - Environmental aspects - Tropics Economic development - Environmental aspects - Tropics Forest biodiversity conservation - Tropics Rain forest conservation Rain forest ecology |
ISBN |
1-4294-0220-2
1-280-53028-6 1-60256-330-6 0-19-802906-3 9786610530281 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. The Growing Footprint: Resource Extraction Investments Expand Further into the Humid Tropics; Part I: Conservation and Development in the Twenty-first-Century Tropics; 1 Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends, and the Outlook for the Future; 2 Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development; 3 Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries; Part ll: Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation
4 Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics 5 An Industry Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador; 6 Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru; Part III: Forests under Pressure; 7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation; 8 Aracruz Celulose: A Case History 9 Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for Conservation and Rural Development 10 Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests; Part IV: Mining and Conservation; 11 Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Toward a Realistic Partnership; 12 Mining Industry Responses to Environmental and Social Issues; 13 Evolution of Environmental Practice during Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project in French Guiana 14 Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements Part V: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 15 Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts; 16 Environmental and Social Considerations in the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network; 17 Roads and Tropical Forests: From White Lines to White Elephants; 18 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion; Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812938303321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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It's a jungle up there [[electronic resource] ] : more tales from the treetops / / Margaret D. Lowman, Edward Burgess & James Burgess ; foreword by Sir Ghillean T. Prance |
Autore | Lowman Margaret |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
Disciplina |
577.34/092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BurgessEdward <1985->
BurgessJames <1987-> |
Soggetto topico |
Ecologists - Australia
Women ecologists - Australia Rain forest ecology Forest canopy ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-300-15341-4
1-281-72955-8 9786611729554 0-300-12923-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Canopies Are Exciting -- 2. Canopies for Conservation: Climbing in Samoa -- 3. Indoor Canopies: From Baseball to Biosphere 2 -- 4. Orchid Farming in Africa: Creating Sustainable Canopies -- 5. An Emmy Award for the Treetops: Ballooning in French Guiana -- 6. Canopy Walkways: Highways in the Florida Sky -- 7. Of Tarantulas, Teenagers, and Turkey Basters: Distance Learning from the Treetops of Peru -- 8. International Powwows: The Indian Connection -- 9. Colorful Bodies: Home to the Black Waters of the Amazon -- 10. Down from the Treetops: Life in the Padded Chair -- 11. Billions of Needles: Calculating the Consumption of Conifers -- 12. Downsizing 101: Dynamics of the Family Ecosystem -- 13. Coming Full Circle: Linking the Green and Brown Food Webs -- 14. Global Citizens: An Environmental Ethic for Families -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451765803321 |
Lowman Margaret | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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