| Description |
xi, 464 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-441). |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Ecology -- Tropics.
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| ISBN |
0521645239 (pbk.) |
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0521642515 |
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