The Food Web Of A Tropical Rain Forest
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The Food Web Of A Tropical Rain Forest
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Author : Douglas P. Reagan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996-09
The Food Web Of A Tropical Rain Forest written by Douglas P. Reagan and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09 with Nature categories.
Preface 1: The Rain Forest Setting Robert B. Waide, Douglas P. Reagan. 2: Plants: The Food Base William T. Lawrence, Jr 3: Microorganisms D. Jean Lodge 4: Termites Elizabeth A. McMahan 5: Litter Invertebrates William J. Pfeiffer 6: Arboreal Invertebrates Rosser W. Garrison, Michael R. Willig. 7: Arboreal Arachnids William J. Pfeiffer 8: Amphibians Margaret M. Stewart, Lawrence L. Woolbright. 9: Anoline Lizards Douglas P. Reagan 10: Nonanoline Reptiles Richard Thomas, Ava Gaa Kessler. 11: Birds Robert B. Waide 12: Mammals Michael R. Willig, Michael R. Gannon. 13: The Stream Community Alan P. Covich, William H. McDowell. 14: The Community Food Web: Major Properties and Patterns of Organization Douglas P. Reagan, Gerardo R. Camilo, Robert B. Waide. Glossary Contributors Bibliography Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Breakfast Of Biodiversity
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Author : John H. Vandermeer
language : en
Publisher: Food First Books
Release Date : 2005
Breakfast Of Biodiversity written by John H. Vandermeer and has been published by Food First Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
Focuses on international commerce as the greatest threat to the world's rain forests. Argues that no single industry or activity is to blame for deforestation, but that the ways in which consumers around the world spend and invest comprises a web of interests that lead to the depletion of natural resources and the destruction of habitats. Advocates consumer behavior meant to curtail the destruction.
Tropical Nature
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Author : Adrian Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
Release Date : 1984
Tropical Nature written by Adrian Forsyth and has been published by New York : C. Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Nature categories.
A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. Includes a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler.
Island
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Author : Dr. James Lazell
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-11-01
Island written by Dr. James Lazell and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-01 with Nature categories.
Guana, in the British Virgin Islands, is home to a remarkably diverse assortment of animal and plant life: mangroves, flamingos, iguanas, frogs, birds, snakes, spiders, tortoises, grasshoppers, and bats, to name but a few. What is so surprising about Guana's astonishing panoply is that, according to prevailing ecological theories, the island's diversity should be much lower than it actually is. This provocative book describes Guana's flora and fauna against the backdrop of islands worldwide and their ecology, evolution, and conservation. Much more than a book about one island, it raises important challenges to prevailing dogma of island biogeography and theoretical ecology. James (Skip) Lazell demonstrates that meaningful conservation and avoiding tragic loss of biodiversity demand we know far more about biological interactions, physiographic and geological structure, meteorology, and other factors. He presents compelling evidence that high levels of natural biodiversity underpin ecosystem resilience and stability. Lazell's engaging narrative, containing many entertaining asides and personal reflections, widens into an evocative commentary about the nature of life on earth.
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry
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Author : Nicholas Brokaw
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-21
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry written by Nicholas Brokaw and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-21 with Science categories.
Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of change if we understand how tropical ecosystems respond to disturbance. For tropical forests and streams in Puerto Rico this book describes the impacts of, and recovery from, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and human disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. These ecosystems recover quickly after natural disturbances, having been shaped over thousands of years by such events. Human disturbance, however, has longer-lasting impacts. Chapters are by authors with many years of experience in Puerto Rico and other tropical areas and cover the history of research in these mountains, a framework for understanding disturbance and response, the environmental setting, the disturbance regime, response to disturbance, biotic mechanisms of response, management implications, and future directions. The text provides a strong perspective on tropical ecosystem dynamics over multiple scales of time and space.
Complete Geography For Cambridge Igcse O Level
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Author : David Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Release Date : 2018-06-07
Complete Geography For Cambridge Igcse O Level written by David Kelly and has been published by Oxford University Press - Children this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Embed geographical and critical thinking skills for the latest Cambridge IGCSE, IGCSE 9-1 and O Level (0460/0976/2217) syllabuses with the skills focused approach, from examiners David Kelly and Muriel Fretwell.
Lizards In An Evolutionary Tree
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Author : Jonathan B. Losos
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-02-09
Lizards In An Evolutionary Tree written by Jonathan B. Losos and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-09 with Nature categories.
"In a book both beautifully illustrated and deeply informative, Jonathan Losos, a leader in evolutionary ecology, celebrates and analyzes the diversity of the natural world that the fascinating anoline lizards epitomize. Readers who are drawn to nature by its beauty or its intellectual challenges—or both—will find his book rewarding."—Douglas J. Futuyma, State University of New York, Stony Brook "This book is destined to become a classic. It is scholarly, informative, stimulating, and highly readable, and will inspire a generation of students."—Peter R. Grant, author of How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches "Anoline lizards experienced a spectacular adaptive radiation in the dynamic landscape of the Caribbean islands. The radiation has extended over a long period of time and has featured separate radiations on the larger islands. Losos, the leading active student of these lizards, presents an integrated and synthetic overview, summarizing the enormous and multidimensional research literature. This engaging book makes a wonderful example of an adaptive radiation accessible to all, and the lavish illustrations, especially the photographs, make the anoles come alive in one's mind."—David Wake, University of California, Berkeley "This magnificent book is a celebration and synthesis of one of the most eventful adaptive radiations known. With disarming prose and personal narrative Jonathan Losos shows how an obsession, beginning at age ten, became a methodology and a research plan that, together with studies by colleagues and predecessors, culminated in many of the principles we now regard as true about the origins and maintenance of biodiversity. This work combines rigorous analysis and glorious natural history in a unique volume that stands with books by the Grants on Darwin's finches among the most informed and engaging accounts ever written on the evolution of a group of organisms in nature."—Dolph Schluter, author of The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation
Changes And Disturbance In Tropical Rain Forest In South East Asia
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Author : Tim H Clutton-brock
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2000-09-27
Changes And Disturbance In Tropical Rain Forest In South East Asia written by Tim H Clutton-brock and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-27 with Science categories.
Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale. Fluctuating climatic conditions partly determine tropical forest structure, species composition and dynamics. Tropical communities are also highly contingent in space and time with respect to site and historical factors. Tropical forests have experienced to some degree this disturbance regime in the past, but climatologists are now predicting increasingly frequent extreme events in the new century. The combination of increasing deforestation and land-use conversion by man plus an increasingly variable environment means a situation that could be very difficult to manage.
Usda Forest Service Experimental Forests And Ranges
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Author : Deborah C. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-22
Usda Forest Service Experimental Forests And Ranges written by Deborah C. Hayes and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-22 with Science categories.
USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) are scientific treasures, providing secure, protected research sites where complex and diverse ecological processes are studied over the long term. This book offers several examples of the dynamic interactions among questions of public concern or policy, EFR research, and natural resource management practices and policies. Often, trends observed – or expected -- in the early years of a research program are contradicted or confounded as the research record extends over decades. The EFRs are among the few areas in the US where such long-term research has been carried out by teams of scientists. Changes in society’s needs and values can also redirect research programs. Each chapter of this book reflects the interplay between the ecological results that emerge from a long-term research project and the social forces that influence questions asked and resources invested in ecological research. While these stories include summaries and syntheses of traditional research results, they offer a distinctly new perspective, a larger and more complete picture than that provided by a more typical 5-year study. They also provide examples of long-term research on EFRs that have provided answers for questions not even imagined at the time the study was installed.
Biogeography Of The West Indies
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Author : Charles A. Woods
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2001-06-27
Biogeography Of The West Indies written by Charles A. Woods and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-27 with Nature categories.
As a review of the status of biogeography in the West Indies in the 1980s, the first edition of Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future provided a synthesis of our current knowledge of the systematics and distribution of major plant and animal groups in the Caribbean basin. The totally new and revised Second Edition, Biogeography