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Osborne, Patrick L.

Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2000. - xi, 464 p. : ill., maps ;

Included Index

The tropical environment --
Hot deserts and environmental factors --
Grasslands and primary production --
Savanna and population dynamics --
Lakes, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling --
Rivers, floodplains and estuaries: the flood-pulse and river continuum concepts --
Wetlands and succession --
Tropical rain forests and biodiversity --
Mountains, zonation and community gradients --
Mangroves, seagrasses and decomposition --
Coral reefs and community ecology --
Isolated habitats and biogeography: islands in the sea, air and land --
Cities and human ecology --
Global ecology: biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development.

This introductory textbook, aimed at students studying tropical ecology, provides a comprehensive guide to the major tropical biomes and is unique in its balanced coverage of both aquatic and terrestrial systems, and its international scope.

ISBN: 0521642515 0521645239 9780521645232

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ecology
Tropics.

Dewey Class. No.: 577 / OSB