Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 0511041489
9780511041488
0511032420
9780511032424
0511173784
9780511173783
9780511542206
0511542208
9780511047695
051104769X
9786610433124
6610433127
0521801834
9780521801836
9780521063746
0521063744
9780521801836
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-280) and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousands 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." "The organisation of the book follows the life cycle of a tree, starting with the mature tree, moving on to reproduction and then considering seed germination and growth to maturity. Topics covered therefore include structure and physiology, population biology, reproductive biology and regeneration. The book concludes with a critical analysis of ecological classification systems for tree species in the tropical rain forest."--Jacket
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| Other form: | Print version: Turner, I.M. (Ian Mark), 1963- Ecology of trees in the tropical rain forest. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521801834
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| Standard no.: | 9780521801836
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