Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and units
- Chapter 1 The tropical environment and climate
- Chapter 2 Dry, hot deserts and environmental factors
- Chapter 3 Grasslands and primary production
- Chapter 4 Savanna and population dynamics
- Chapter 5 Lakes, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling
- Chapter 6 Rivers, floodplains and estuaries
- Chapter 7 Wetlands and succession
- Chapter 8 Tropical rain forests and biodiversity
- Chapter 9 Mountains, zonation and community gradients
- Chapter 10 Mangroves, seagrasses and decomposition
- Chapter 11 Coral reefs and community ecology
- Chapter 12 Islands, archipelagos, biogeography and evolutionary ecology
- Chapter 13 Cities and human ecology
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and units
- Chapter 1 The tropical environment and climate
- Chapter 2 Dry, hot deserts and environmental factors
- Chapter 3 Grasslands and primary production
- Chapter 4 Savanna and population dynamics
- Chapter 5 Lakes, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling
- Chapter 6 Rivers, floodplains and estuaries
- Chapter 7 Wetlands and succession
- Chapter 8 Tropical rain forests and biodiversity
- Chapter 9 Mountains, zonation and community gradients
- Chapter 10 Mangroves, seagrasses and decomposition
- Chapter 11 Coral reefs and community ecology
- Chapter 12 Islands, archipelagos, biogeography and evolutionary ecology
- Chapter 13 Cities and human ecology
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts , pp. 501 - 522Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012