Forest Canopies

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4933-0151-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten

The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently. This book represents an authoritative synthesis of data, anecdotes, case studies, observations, and recommendations from researchers and educators who have risked life and limb in their advocacy of the High Frontier. With innovative rope techniques, cranes, walkways, dirigibles, and towers, they finally gained access to the rich biodiversity that lives far above the forest floor and the emerging science of canopy ecology. In this new edition of Forest Canopies, nearly 60 scientists and educators from around the world look at the biodiversity, ecology, evolution, and conservation of forest canopy ecosystems.

-Comprehensive literature list
-State-of-the-art results and data sets from current field work
-Foremost scientists in the field of canopy ecology
-Expanded collaboration of researchers and international projects
-User-friendly format with sidebars and case studies
-Keywords and outlines for each chapter

Zielgruppe

Graduate, undergraduate and advanced high school students, technicians, professors, teachers, resource managers, naturalists, libraries, NGO's, government workers, foundations, natural resource professionals and ecologists in the fields of Zoology, Botany, Ecology and Evolution, Environmental Studies, Wildlife Resources, Forestry, Conservation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rinker, H. Bruce

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SECTION I: Structures of Forest Canopies
Chapter 1: The Nature of Forest Canopies
Side Bar: Verticality and Habitat Analysis: MacArthur and Wilson"s Biogeography Theory Revisited
Side Bar: Empty Space: Another View of Forest Canopy Structure
Chapter 2: Tropical Microclimate Considerations
Chapter 3: Quantifying and Visualizing Canopy Structure in Tall Forests: Methods and a Case Study
Side Bar: "Canopy Trekking": A Ground-Independent, Rope-Based Method for Horizontal Movement
Chapter 4: Vertical Organization of Canopy Biota
Side Bar: Macaws: Dispersers in a Tropical Habitat
Side Bar: Vertical Stratification Among Neotropical Migrants
Chapter 5: Age-Related Development of Canopy Structure and Its Ecological Functions
Side Bar: Measuring Canopy Structure: The Forest Canopy Database Project
Chapter 6: A History of Tree Canopies
Side Bar: The Evolution of Rain Forest Animals
Side Bar: The Botanical Ghosts of Evolution
SECTION II: Organisms in Forest Canopies
Chapter 7: What Is Canopy Biology? A Microbial Perspective
Side Bar: Arboreal Stromatolites: A 230 Million Year Old Record
Chapter 8: Lichens and Bryophytes in Forest Canopies
Chapter 9: Vascular Epiphytes
Side Bar: Orchid Adaptations to an Epiphytic Lifestyle
Side Bar: Tank Bromeliads-Faunal Ecology
Side Bar: Strangler Fig Trees: Demons or Heroes of the Canopy?
Chapter 10: Mistletoes: A Unique Constituent of Canopies Worldwide
Chapter 11: Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy
Chapter 12: Soil Microarthopods: Belowground Fauna that Sustain Forest Systems
Chapter 13: Tardigrades: Bears of the Canopy
Side Bar: Rotifers in the Water Film
Chapter 14: The Biodiversity Question: How Many Species of Terrestrial Arthropods Are There?
Side Bar: Insect Zoos as Windows into Forest Canopies
Chapter 15: Physical Transport, Heterogeneity, and Interactions Involving Canopy Anoles
Side Bar: The Color of Poison: Flamboyant Frogs in the Rain Forest Canopy
Chapter 16: Ecology and Conservation of Canopy Mammals
Side Bar: Vertical Stratification of Small Mammals in Lowland Rain Forest of the Australian Wet Tropics
Side Bar: Body Mass of Gliding Mammals: An Energetic Approach
Side Bar: Orangutans: The Largest Canopy Dwellers
SECTION III: Ecological Processes in Forest Canopies
Chapter 17: Photosynthesis in Forest Canopies
Chapter 18: Insect Herbivory in Tropical Forests
Side Bar: Measuring Forest Herbivory Levels Using Canopy Cranes
Side Bar: The Leipzig Canopy Crane Project: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Function in a Temperate Decidious Forest
Chapter 19: Nutrient Cycling
Chapter 20: Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Tropical Trees from a Canopy Perspective
Side Bar: DNA Sequences and Orchid Classification
Chapter 21: Decomposition in Forest Canopies
Chapter 22: Survival Strategies: A Matter of Life and Death
SECTION IV: Conservation and Forest Canopies
Chapter 23: Tarzan or Jane? A Short History of Canopy Biology
Side Bar: Canopy Walkways: Highways in the Sky
Side Bar: International Canopy Crane Network
Chapter 24: Economics and the Forest Canopy
Side Bar: Ethnobotany in Forest Canopies
Side Bar: The Value of Herbaria for Plant Conservation
Chapter 25: Ecotourism and the Treetops
Side Bar: A Climb for Conservation
Side Bar: Florida From the Treetops
Chapter 26: The Reintegration of Wonder into the Emerging Science of Canopy Ecology
Side Bar: Global Canopy Programme: A Worldwide Alliance for Forest Studies
Side Bar: International Canopy Network (ICAN)

Über Autor(innen)

Rinker, H. Bruce
H. Bruce Rinker
Director of Research & Conservation
Administrator, Center for Canopy Ecology
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236 U.S.A.
941-955-7553 ext. 15 (Voice)
941-951-1474 (Facsimile)
[e-mail]

H. Bruce Rinker, a 1979 graduate of VA TECH's College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources (Blacksburg, VA), is a doctoral candidate in environmental studies at Antioch New England Graduate School (Keene, NH). He was elected a National Fellow of the Explorers Club in March 1998, a Switzer Environmental Fellow in May 2000, and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences in 2002. In September 2000, he became the director of canopy ecology at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL. In July 2002, Bruce was appointed the fifth director of research and conservation in the Gardens' history.

Mr. Rinker is a member of the research board of directors for the Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) near Iquitos, Peru. On the editorial boards for BioScience Productions, Inc. and the international periodical, Selbyana, Mr. Rinker is also a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Florida Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Organization of Tropical Studies, the Association for Tropical Biology, the Aldo Leopold Society, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Society for Conservation Biology, and others. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and has made presentations to audiences all over the world. Mr. Rinker's scientific expeditions include various trips to the Galápagos Islands; into the High Andes of Ecuador and Peru; the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru; the rainforests of Australia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Costa Rica and French Guyana; the Congo Basin of Cameroon, West Africa; the deserts and reefs of the Middle East; the sub-arctic regions of Labrador; and other places. H