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082	0	0	_a577 _bOSB
100	1		_aOsborne, Patrick L.
245	1	0	_aTropical ecosystems and ecological concepts
260			_aCambridge, U.K. ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _cc2000.
300			_axi, 464 p. : _bill., maps ;
500			_aIncluded Index
505			_aThe 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aEcology
650		0	_aTropics.
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/99047853.html
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam0210/99047853.html
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/99047853.html
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