Carson / Schnitzer Tropical Forest Community Ecology

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0531-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 536 Seiten, E-Book

Historically, tropical ecology has been a science often contentwith descriptive and demographic approaches, which isunderstandable given the difficulty of studying these ecosystemsand the need for basic demographic information. Nonetheless, overthe last several years, tropical ecologists have begun to test moresophisticated ecological theory and are now beginning to address abroad array of questions that are of particular importance totropical systems, and ecology in general. Why are there are so manyspecies in tropical forests and what mechanisms are responsible forthe maintenance of that vast species diversity? What factorscontrol species coexistence? Are there common patterns of speciesabundance and distribution across broad geographic scales? What isthe role of trophic interactions in these complex ecosystems? Howcan these fragile ecosystems be conserved?
Containing contributions from some of the world's leadingtropical ecologists, Tropical Forest CommunityEcology provides a summary of the key issues in thediscipline of tropical ecology:
* Includes contributions from some of the world's leadingtropical ecologists
* Covers patterns of species distribution, the maintenance ofspecies diversity, the community ecology of tropical animals,forest regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carson, Walter

Schnitzer, Stefan

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Walter P. Carson obtained his doctorate from CornellUniversity and did postdoctoral work at both Princeton Universityand the University of Minnesota USA. He has conducted extensiveresearch on the ecology of both tropical and temperate forests. Heis currently an Associate Professor at the University ofPittsburgh, PA, USA.
Dr. Stefan A. Schnitzer obtained his doctorate from theUniversity of Pittsburgh, followed by postdoctoral research at theUniversity of Minnesota USA and Wageningen University in TheNetherlands. He has studied tropical forests in Borneo, Costa Rica,Ecuador, French Guiana, and the Republic of Panama. Dr. Schnitzeris currently an Assistant Professor at the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA and a Research Associate withthe Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic ofPanama.