TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY: A View from Barro Colorado Island

Leigh Jr., Egbert Giles

ISBN 10: 0195096037 / ISBN 13: 9780195096033

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1999

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1999. Later Edition. paperback. Sm 4to., 245pp., Previous owners stamp on Cover page;Slight shelf wear to cover corners; pages clean and unmarked. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY: A View from Barro Colorado Island
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195096037
• ISBN 13: 9780195096033
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Black & White Illustrations
• Edition: Later Edition.
• Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature-Natural History

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Synopsis

In Tropical Forest Ecology, Egbert G. Leigh, Jr., one of the world's foremost tropical ecologists, introduces readers to the tropical forest and describes the intricate web of interdependence among the great diversity of tropical plants and animals. Focusing on the tropical forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Leigh shows what Barro Colorado can tell us about other tropical forests--and what tropical forests can tell us about Barro Colorado.
This book considers three essential questions for understanding the ecological organization of tropical forests. How do they stay green with their abundance of herbivores? Why do they have such a diversity of plants and animals? And what role does mutualism play in the ecology of tropical forests? Beautifully written and abundantly illustrated, Tropical Forest Ecology will certainly appeal to a wide variety of scientists in the fields of evolution, tropical biology, botany, zoology, and natural history.

About the Author

Egbert G. Leigh is at Smithonian Tropical Research Institute, Barro Colorado Island.