A Caribbean forest tapestry : the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response /

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Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of change if we understand how tropical ecosystems respond to disturbance. For tropical forests and streams in Puerto Rico this book...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brokaw, Nicholas V. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Long-Term Ecological Research Network series.
Temas:
Forest ecology > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Forest ecology > Caribbean Area.
Forest ecology > Tropics.
Ecological disturbances > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Adaptation (Biology) > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Biotic communities > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Forest management > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Forest conservation > Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains.
Écologie forestière > Porto Rico > Luquillo, Sierra de.
Écologie forestière > Caraïbes (Région)
Écologie forestière > Régions tropicales.
Perturbations écologiques > Porto Rico > Luquillo, Sierra de.
Adaptation (Biologie) > Porto Rico > Luquillo, Sierra de.
Forêts > Gestion > Porto Rico > Luquillo, Sierra de.
Forêts > Conservation > Porto Rico > Luquillo, Sierra de.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Adaptation (Biology)
Biotic communities
Ecological disturbances
Ecology
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest management
Luquillo Mountains (P.R.) > Environmental conditions.
Luquillo, Sierra de (Porto Rico) > Conditions environnementales.
Caribbean Area
Puerto Rico > Luquillo Mountains
Tropics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ecological paradigms for the tropics : old questions and continuing challenges / Ariel E. Lugo [and others]
  • Conceptual overview : disturbance, gradients, and ecological response / Robert B. Waide and Michael R. Willig
  • Geographic and ecological Setting of the Luquillo Mountains / William H. McDowell [and others]
  • Disturbance regime / Frederick N. Scatena [and others]
  • Response to disturbance / Nicholas Brokaw [and others]
  • When and where biota matter : linking disturbance regimes, species characteristics and dynamics of communities and ecosystems / Todd A. Crowl [and others]
  • Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research / Ariel E. Lugo [and others]
  • Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains : synthesis and foundations for the future / Michael R. Willig [and others].

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