The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest /
Turner, I. M. 1963-
The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / I.M. Turner. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge tropical biology series . - Cambridge tropical biology series. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees.
Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the forest itself. This book aims to summarise contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees. The emphasis is on comparative ecology, an approach that can help to identify possible adaptive trends and evolutionary constraints and which may also lead to a workable ecological classification for tree species, conceptually simplifying the rain-forest community and making it more amenable to analysis.
9780511542206 (ebook)
Rain forest plants--Ecophysiology.
Trees--Ecophysiology--Tropics.
Rain forest ecology.
Forests and forestry--Tropics.
QK938.R34 / T87 2001
577.34
The ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest / I.M. Turner. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge tropical biology series . - Cambridge tropical biology series. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
1. Introduction -- 2. The growing tree -- 3. Tree performance -- 4. Reproductive biology -- 5. Seeds and seedlings -- 6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees.
Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the forest itself. This book aims to summarise contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees. The emphasis is on comparative ecology, an approach that can help to identify possible adaptive trends and evolutionary constraints and which may also lead to a workable ecological classification for tree species, conceptually simplifying the rain-forest community and making it more amenable to analysis.
9780511542206 (ebook)
Rain forest plants--Ecophysiology.
Trees--Ecophysiology--Tropics.
Rain forest ecology.
Forests and forestry--Tropics.
QK938.R34 / T87 2001
577.34