Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• References ix
• Contents xi
• Introduction xiii
• References xvi
• One Barro Colorado Island - The Background 3
• Concluding Remarks 12
• References 12
• Two Dramatis Personae 15
• Concluding Remarks 39
• References 39
• Three Tropical Climates 46
• Concluding Remarks 59
• Appendix 3.1 Estimating Evapotranspiration 59
• References 63

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• References ix
• Contents xi
• Introduction xiii
• References xvi
• One Barro Colorado Island - The Background 3
• Concluding Remarks 12
• References 12
• Two Dramatis Personae 15
• Concluding Remarks 39
• References 39
• Three Tropical Climates 46
• Concluding Remarks 59
• Appendix 3.1 Estimating Evapotranspiration 59
• References 63
• Four Runoff, Erosion, and Soil Formation 67
• Concluding Remarks 77
• References 77
• Five Telling the Trees from the Forest - Tree Shapes and Leaf Arrangement 79
• Concluding Remarks 112
• Appendix 5.1 113
• Appendix 5.2 113
• References 116
• Six Biomass and Productivity of Tropical Forest 120
• Concluding Remarks *
• Concluding Remarks 139
• References 142
• Seven the Seasonal Rhythm of Fruiting and Leaf Flush and the Regulation of Animal Populations 149
• References 173
• Eight Tropical Diversity 179
• Concluding Remarks 197
• References 205
• Nine the Role of Mutualism in Tropical Forest 211
• Concluding Remarks 223
• References 226
• Ten the Rainforest Endangered 232
• References 234
• Name Index 237
• Subject Index 239