Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Ecology and Conservation - Softcover

Dirzo, Rodolfo; Young, Hillary S.; Mooney, Harold A.; Ceballos, Gerardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159726704X ISBN 13: 9781597267045

Publisher: Island Press, 2011

Synopsis

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered ecosystems in Latin America, knowledge about them remains limited because of the relative paucity of attention paid to them by scientists and researchers and a lack of published information on the subject.   Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests seeks to address this shortcoming by bringing together a range of experts in diverse fields including biology, ecology, biogeography, and biogeochemistry, to review, synthesize, and explain the current state of our collective knowledge on the ecology and conservation of seasonally dry tropical forests.   The book offers a synthetic and cross-disciplinary review of recent work with an expansive scope, including sections on distribution, diversity, ecosystem function, and human impacts. Throughout, contributors emphasize

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Book Description

Until recently tropical 'dry forests' were more widespread than rain forests. This volume provides the first review of dry forests, including regional overviews, biogeography, palaeontology, plant ecology and ecosystem functions. Exploitation schemes and non-timber products also are surveyed.

About the Author

Rodolfo Dirzo and Harold A. Mooney are professors, and Hillary S. Young is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biology, Stanford University. Gerardo Ceballos is a professor of biology at Instituto de Ecologia, at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 159726704X
• ISBN 13: 9781597267045
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408