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Author:

Ghazoul, Jaboury.

Title:

Tropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation / Jaboury Ghazoul and Douglas Sheil.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvi, 516 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Rain forest ecology.
Forest biodiversity conservation.

Other Authors:

Sheil, Douglas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-503) and index.

Contents:

Tropical rain forests: myths and inspirations -- An exuberance of plant life -- The great unseen: fungi and microorgaisms -- More than monkeys: the vertebrates -- The little things: invertebrates -- From the beginning: origins and transformation -- Many rain forests: formations and ecotones -- So many species, so many theories -- Processes and cycles -- Plant form and function: what it takes to survive -- The ever changing forest: disturbance and dynamics -- The bloomin' rainforests: how flowering plants reproduce -- Nature's society: life's interactions -- Forests in the anthroocene -- People of the forest: livelihoods and welfare -- Biodiversity in a changing world -- A matter for scientists and society: conserving forested landscapes -- Requiem or revival.

Series:

Oxford biology

ISBN:

0199285888 (pbk.)
9780199285884 (pbk.)
019928587X (hbk.)
9780199285877 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2010281194

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)