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Changes and disturbance in tropical rainforest in South-east Asia /
Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale. Fluctuating climatic conditions partly determine tropical forest structure, species composition and dynamics. Tropical communities are also highly c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Imperial College Press,
2000, ©1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale. Fluctuating climatic conditions partly determine tropical forest structure, species composition and dynamics. Tropical communities are also highly contingent in space and time with respect to site and historical factors. Tropical forests have experienced to some degree this disturbance regime in the past, but climatologists are now predicting increasingly frequent extreme events in the new century. The combination of increasing deforestation an. |
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| Notas: | Meeting held on 20 and 21 January 1999 at the Royal Society, London, UK. Originally published: London : Royal Society, 1999. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848160125 1848160127 |