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100			_aWhitmore, T.C.
245		3	_aAn introduction to tropical rain forests/ _cT.C. Whitmore
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aOxford: _bOxford University Press, _c2003.
300			_axiii, 282 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
505			_a1. An introduction to tropical rain forests 2. What are tropical rain forests? 2.1. Tropical moist forests and their climates 2.2. The forest formations 2.3. Forest maintenance - the growth cycle 2.4. Floristics 2.5. Nature of the tropical rain forest community 2.6. What are tropical rain forests? - Chapter summary 3. Plant life 3.1. Climbers and epiphytes 3.2. Trees 3.3. Seasonal rhythms 3.4. Plant life - Chapter summary 4. Rain forest animals 4.1. Richness and diversity of animals 4.2. Modes of coexistence 4.3. Carrying capacity of the forest 4.4. Rain forest animals - Chapter summary 5. Interconnections between plants and animals - the web of life 5.1. Animals as pollinators 5.2. Animals as dispensers 5.3. Food webs, mobile links, and keystone species 5.4. Co-evolution 5.5. Implications for forest conservation 5.6. Plant breeding systems 5.7. Interconnections between plants and animals - the web of life - Chapter summary 6. Tropical rain forests through time 6.1. Palaeogeography 6.2. Palaeoclimates 6.3. Pleistocene refugia 6.4. Seasonal climate elements in Malesia 6.5. High mountain plants 6.6. Conservation 6.7. Tropical rain forests through time - Chapter summary 7. Forest dynamics 7.1. Forest microclimates 7.2. Pioneer and climax tree species 7.3. Seed and seedling ecology 7.4. Components of species richness 7.5. Growth and shade tolerance 7.6. Silviculture 7.7. Growth rates and longevity 7.8. Community-wide disturbances 7.9. Forest recovery after human disturbance 7.10. The dynamics of climax rain forest 7.11. Forest dynamics - Chapter summary 8. Nutrients and their cycles 8.1. Shifting agriculture 8.2. Nutrient pools and cycles in primary rain forest 8.3. Practical implications 8.4. Heath forest - a fragile ecosystem 8.5. The upper montane forest enigma 8.6. Nutrients and their cycles - Chapter summary 9. Species richness 10. Tropical rain forests yesterday and today 10.1. Indigenous cultures 10.2. The colonial era 10.3. Minor forest products 10.4. Tropical rain forests in modern times 10.5. Forest conversion to other land usages 10.6. Logging and the timber trade 10.7. Animals in logged forest 10.8. Rates of disappearance 10.9. Controlling human impact 10.10. Causes for concern 10.11. Tropical rain forests yesterday and today - Chapter summary 11. Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium 11.1. Management for sustainability 11.2. Forest certification 11.3. The future pattern of land usage 11.4. Priorities for action 11.5. Tropical rain forests at the cusp of the new millennium - Chapter summary
650			_aRain forest ecology
650			_aRain forests
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