Tropical Rainforests : Past, Present, And Future

Bermingham, Eldredge (EDT); Dick, Christopher W. (EDT); Moritz, Craig (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0226044688 / ISBN 13: 9780226044682

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2005

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2565168-n

Inhaltsangabe:

Synthesizing theoretical and empirical analyses of the processes that help shape these unique ecosystems, Tropical Rainforests looks at the effects of evolutionary histories, past climate change, and ecological dynamics on the origin and maintenance of tropical rainforest communities. Featuring recent advances in paleoecology, climatology, geology, molecular systematics, biogeography, and community ecology, the volume also offers insights from those fields into how rainforests will endure the impact of anthropogenic change. With more than sixty contributors, Tropical Rainforests will be of great interest to students and professionals in tropical ecology and conservation.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Eldredge Bermingham is a staff scientist and deputy director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and an associate professor in the biology departments of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and McGill University in Montreal. Christopher Dick is a Tupper postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Craig Moritz is director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, chairman of the Berkeley Natural History Museum, and professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tropical Rainforests : Past, Present, And ...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New