Dynamics of Tropical Communities: 37th Symposium of the British Ecological SocietyTropical communities are recognised as among the most species-rich and dynamic in the world. Yet far from existing as dynamic equilibria, large unpredictable disruptive events are seen as dominating the longer-term dynamics set against the background of global change. This volume challenges the dynamic equilibrium idea yet further, arguing for thinking on a timescale of decades to centuries, finding new ways to handle unpredictability and uniqueness, and evaluating species diversity and community change at different scales. This volume would appeal to both researchers and advanced students of ecology. |
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Contents
Patterns in postdispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents | 25 |
factors | 51 |
Differential effects of smallscale fishing on predatory and prey | 95 |
responses | 125 |
Limits to tree species distributions in lowland tropical rainforest | 163 |
Community structure and the demography of primary species | 193 |
Riskspreading and riskreducing tactics of West African | 221 |
Limits to exploitation of Serengeti wildebeest and implications | 243 |
model | 361 |
Evolution and diversity in Amazonian floodplain communities | 385 |
Community dynamics of arboreal insectivorous birds in African | 421 |
towards | 449 |
a question of scales | 491 |
Disturbance and succession on the Krakatau Islands Indonesia | 515 |
Major disturbances in tropical rainforests | 549 |
The impact of traditional and modern cultivation practices | 567 |
Phenology and dynamics of an African rainforest at Korup | 267 |
present past and future | 309 |
Effects of habitat fragmentation on plantpollinator interactions | 339 |
Tropical forestsspatial pattern and change with time | 599 |
List of reviewers | 617 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dynamics of Tropical Communities: 37th Symposium of the British Ecological Society British Ecological Society Symposia of the British Ecological Society |
| Editors | D. M. Newbery, H. H. T. Prins, N. D. Brown |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0521839998, 9780521839990 |
| Length | 650 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Ecology Science / Environmental Science Science / Life Sciences / Ecology |
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