Tropical rainforests : past, present, & future /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. |
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| Description: | vii, 745 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 is cloth and copy 3 is a paperback. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5673403 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. From the Past to the Future: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Tropical Rainforests
- Part I. Evolutionary and Ecological Determinants of Tropical Rainforest Diversity
- 2. Overview: The History and Ecology of Tropical Rainforest Communities
- 3. Phylogenetic Perspectives on Patterns of Regional and Local Species Richness
- 4. Large-Scale Diversity and Species-Area Relationships in Tropical Tree Communities under the Neutral Theory
- 5. Palynological Richness and the Tropical Rainforest
- 6. The Pleistocene Vector of Neotropical Diversity
- 7. The History of Amazonian Mammals: Mechanisms and Timing of Diversification
- 8. Biogeography and Diversification of African Forest Faunas: Implications for Conservation
- 9. Evaluating the Divergence-with-Gene-Flow Model in Natural Populations: The Importance of Ecotones in Rainforest Speciation
- 10. Geologic, Evolutionary, and Ecological Bases of the Diversification of Neotropical Butterflies: Implications for Conservation
- 11. Dynamic Landscape Models for Tropical Rainforests
- 12. Understanding and Conserving Tropical Diversity: Perspectives from Barro Colorado Island
- 13. Landscape Heterogeneity and Species Diversity in Amazonia
- 14. Spatial Changes in Tree Composition of High-Diversity Forests: How Much Is Predictable?
- 15. The El Nino Southern Oscillation Influences Tree Performance in Tropical Rainforests
- Part II. A Multidisciplinary Perspective on an Entire Rainforest System: The Australian Wet Tropics
- 16. Overview: Rainforest History and Dynamics in the Australian Wet Tropics
- 17. The Origin and Evolution of Australia's Eastern Highlands
- 18. The Origins and Tertiary History of Australian "Tropical" Rainforests
- 19. Patterns and Causes of Vegetation Change in the Australian Wet Tropics Region over the Last 10 Million Years
- 20. Effects of Quaternary Climate Change on Rainforest Diversity: Insights from Spatial Analyses of Species and Genes in Australia's Wet Tropics
- 21. Mosaic Macroevolution in Australian Wet Tropics Arthropods: Community Assemblage by Taxon Pulses
- 22. Biodiversity of the Freshwater Invertebrates of the Wet Tropics Region of Northeastern Australia: Patterns and Possible Determinants
- 23. Dynamics of Seedling Recruitment in an Australian Tropical Rainforest
- 24. The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity in the Wet Tropics Rainforests of Australia
- Part III. Rainforest Futures
- 25. Overview: Processes, People, and Prospects for Tropical Rainforests
- 26. Evolutionary Approaches to the Conservation of Tropical Rainforest Vertebrates
- 27. Parks, People, and Policies: Conflicting Agendas for Forests in Southeast Asia
- 28. The Future of the Amazon
- References
- List of Contributors
