Biotic interactions in the Tropics: their role in the maintenance of species diversity

Tropical ecosystems house a significant proportion of global biodiversity. To understand how these ecosystems function we need to appreciate not only what plants, animals and microbes they contain, but also how they interact with each other. This volume, first published in 2005, synthesises the stat...

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Other Authors: Burslem, David F. R. P. (Editor), Pinard, Michelle A. (Editor), Hartley, Sue E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Series:Ecological reviews
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Summary:Tropical ecosystems house a significant proportion of global biodiversity. To understand how these ecosystems function we need to appreciate not only what plants, animals and microbes they contain, but also how they interact with each other. This volume, first published in 2005, synthesises the state of knowledge in this area, with chapters providing reviews or case studies drawn from research conducted in both Old and New World tropics and including biotic interactions among taxa at all trophic levels. In most chapters plants (typically trees) are the starting point, but, taken together, the chapters consider interactions of plants with other plants, with micro-organisms and with animals, and the inter-relationships of human-induced disturbance with interactions among species. An underlying theme of the volume is the attempt to understand the maintenance of high diversity in tropical regions, which remains one of the most significant unexplained observations in ecological studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 564 pages)
ISBN:9780511541971
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511541971

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