Tropical forest ecology : a view from Barro Colorado Island / by Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., 1940- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest ecology--Panama--Barro Colorado Island.

Forest ecology.

Barro Colorado Island (Panama).

Physical Description:

xvi, 245 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is a synoptic comparison of tropical forests, based on a detailed understanding of one particular tropical forest - Barro Colorado Island.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

References

ONE: Barro Colorado Island: The Background

The Study Area

The History of Barro Colorado's Biota

Concluding Remarks

TWO: Dramatis Personae

Principal Plants of Barro Colorado

Principal Animals of Barro Colorado

THREE: Tropical Climates

Climate and Vegetation Type

Rainfall

Factors Affecting Evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration in Montane Forests

Appendix 3.1. Estimating Evapotranspiration

FOUR: Runoff, Erosion, and Soil Formation

Modes of Runoff

Runoff and Weathering

Soil and Vegetation

FIVE: Telling the Trees from the Forest: Tree Shapes and Leaf Arrangement

Different Architectures of Tropical Trees

Designing Trees: Goals and Constraints

Comparing Leaf Arrangements, Tree Architectures, and Forest Structure

Appendix 5.1: How Tall Can a Tree Be?

Appendix 5.2: Collecting the Data for Tables 5.10-5.12

SIX: Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest

The "Constants of Tropical Forest

Leaf Area Index and Leaf Fall in Different Forest Types

The Gross Production (Total Photosynthesis) of Tropical Forest

How is a Forest's Energy Allocated?

Appendix 6.1: Basal Area and Litterfall in Different Forests

SEVEN: The Seasonal Rhythms of Fruiting and Leaf Flush and the Regulation of Animal Populations

The Seasonal Rhythm of the Forest's Food Production

The Timing of Leaf Flush, Flowering, and Fruiting

What the Forest Makes and Who Eats It

Regulation of Populations of Vertebrate Folivores and Frugivores

Insects of Tree Crowns

Concluding Remarks.

Appendix 7.1: Number of Species of Plants of Different Categories Dropping Fruit Into Traps Each Week on the Central Plateau of Barro Colorado, 1992-1995

Appendix 7.2: The Mammals of BCI and Manú

EIGHT: Tropical Diversity

Documenting Tree Diversity

Necessary Conditions for Tropical Diversity

Explaining the Diversity of Tropical Trees

Consequences of Tree Diversity

Appendix 8.1: Diversity in Different Forest Plots

Appendix 8.2: The Distribution of Tree Abundances

NINE: The Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest

Mutualism in a Competitive World

Ecosystems as Commonwealths

Appendix 9.1: The Varieties of Group Selection

TEN: The Rainforest Endangered

Name Index

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Subject Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770228-7

1-280-76070-2

9786610760701

0-19-535726-4

OCLC:

434880087