Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape

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This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings andecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the"Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland,Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to providesuch a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, includingthe social and economic dimensions. * * The most thorough assessment of a tropical forest landscape todate * Explores significant scientific breakthroughs in areasincluding conservation genetics, vegetation modeling, agroforestryand revegetation techniques, biodiversity assessment and modeling,impacts of climate change, and the integration of science innatural resource management * Research achieved, in part, due to the Cooperative ResearchCentre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (theRainforest CRC) * Written by a number of distinguished internationalexperts * contains chapter summaries and section commentaries

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Nigel Stork

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Biowissenschaften Conservation Science Life Sciences Naturschutzbiologie Ökologie / Tropen Tropical Ecology

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"This book should be on the shelves of every university library,certainly in Australia and arguably in the world. Every rainforest research scientist, natural resourcemanagement and local government organization in theWet Tropics should have a copy in the office; itis comprehensive and essential." (Austral Ecology, 2011) "Any biologist or conservation manager interested in tropicalforests cannot overlook this book, and will find much of interest and value. Entomologists and naturalists planningto visit northern Queensland will benefit from the perspective itgives, in a synthesis of lasting value which-I hope-will be afurther stimulus to conservation of thisunique suite ofecosystems." (Zentralblatt Math, 2010) "There is probably no other volume that provides such a holisticand comprehensive perspective on the science, management, people,and economics of a tropical landscape."( The QuarterlyReview of Biology , September 2009) "A comprehensive compendium of research information ... .Thereal value of this book is all the information it gives for futuresustainable management and conservation of the wet tropics."(Biologist, November 2008)"...editors Nigel Stork and Steve Turton ask whether there arelessons from the Australian Wet Tropics that can be appliedelsewhere? There certainly are! ...This book takes a uniquelycomprehensive and therefore exemplary holistic approach tolandscape science and sustainable management, and is a valuablecontribution that will certainly attract interest throughout theworld." -Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden
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