The Ecology of Trees in the Tropical Rain Forest

A summary of our understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology.

I. M. Turner (Author)

9780521063746, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 May 2008

316 pages, 78 b/w illus. 30 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.498 kg

Review of the hardback: '… this information-packed and up-to-date book is a must-buy for graduate level students and researchers in tropical forests.' Tropical Biodiversity

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.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The growing tree
3. Tree performance
4. Reproductive biology
5. Seeds and seedlings
6. Classificatory systems for tropical trees
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Forests, rainforests [RGBL], Botany & plant sciences [PST], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]