Screen LibraryTropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford biology |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 516 p., [4] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
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9780199285884 (pbk.) 0199285888 |
| Index Number: | S718 |
| CLC: | S718.5 |
| Call Number: | S718.5/G411 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-503) and index. Tropical rain forests: myths and inspirations -- An exuberance of plant life -- The great unseen: fungi and microorganisms -- 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 Anthropocene -- Pe "Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial proportion of the world's population and are the source of many internationally traded commodities. They remain (despite decades of conservation attention) increasingly vulnerable to degradation and clearance, with profound though often uncertain future costs to global society. Understanding the ecology of these diverse biomes, and peoples' dependencies on them, is fundamental to their future management and c |