Tropical Rain Forests

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The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological andBiogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of 'the rainforest' as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the majortropical rain forest regions, in tropical America, Africa,Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea, have as manydifferences as similarities, as a result of their isolation fromeach other during the evolution of their floras and faunas. Thisnew edition reinforces this message with new examples from recentand on-going research. After an introduction to the environments and geologicalhistories of the major rain forest regions, subsequent chaptersfocus on plants, primates, carnivores and plant-eaters, birds,fruit bats and gliding animals, and insects, with an emphasis onthe ecological and biogeographical differences between regions.This is followed by a new chapter on the unique tropical rainforests of oceanic islands. The final chapter, which has beencompletely rewritten, deals with the impacts of people on tropicalrain forests and discusses possible conservation strategies thattake into account the differences highlighted in the previouschapters. This exciting and very readable book, illustratedthroughout with color photographs, will be invaluable reading forundergraduate students in a wide range of courses as well as anauthoritative reference for graduate and professional ecologists,conservationists, and interested amateurs.

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Richard T. Corlett

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Biowissenschaften Life Sciences Ökologie Ökologie / Tropen Regenwald Tropenwald Tropical Ecology

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"This well-written, superbly illustrated, book should becompulsory reading for politicians and international bureaucrats,because, however good the ecological science conducted inrainforest, it will be a matter of preaching to the converted if itremains in scientific journals and does not reach the broaderpublic." (Austral Ecology, 11 July 2013) "Recommended. Lower-division undergraduatesthrough graduate student; general readers." (Choice, 1May 2012) "In summary: this is a fascinating book. I enjoyed it, I learnedfrom it and I recommend it. It will be of value to academics,researchers and students, and, due to its accessible style andillustrations, it will appeal to many others too. Columbus wouldhave found it helpful-but over half a millennium later so mightmany of us." (Frontiers of biogeography, 3 January 2011)
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