Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts

By:

Osborne, Patrick L

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2000.Description: xi, 464 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

0521642515
0521645239
9780521645232

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DDC classification:

577 OSB

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	577 OSB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008936

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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.

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