A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response - Couverture rigide

 
9780195334692: A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response
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ISBN 10 : 0195334698 ISBN 13 : 9780195334692
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2012

Synopsis

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 describes the impacts of, and recovery from, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and human disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. These ecosystems recover quickly after natural disturbances, having been shaped over thousands of years by such events. Human disturbance, however, has longer-lasting impacts. Chapters are by authors with many years of experience in Puerto Rico and other tropical areas and cover the history of research in these mountains, a framework for understanding disturbance and response, the environmental setting, the disturbance regime, response to disturbance, biotic mechanisms of response, management implications, and future directions. The text provides a strong perspective on tropical ecosystem dynamics over multiple scales of time and space.

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À propos de l?auteur

NB: Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Río
TRC: Department of Aquatic and Earth Sciences, Utah State University
AEL: International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service
WHM: Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire
FNS: Department Earth & Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
RBW: LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico
MRW: Center for Environmental Science, University of Connecticut



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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195334698
ISBN 13 
9780195334692
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
496
Éditeur
Brokaw Nicholas, Crowl Todd, Lugo Ariel, McDowell William, Scatena Frederick, Waide Robert, Willig Michael
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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