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Ecology of Lianas
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 517

Ecology of Lianas

Lianas are woody vines that were the focus of intense study by early ecologists, such as Darwin, who devoted an entire book to the natural history of climbing plants. Over the past quarter century, there has been a resurgence in the study of lianas, and liana are again recognized as important components of many forests, particularly in the tropics. The increasing amount of research on lianas has resulted in a fundamentally deeper understanding of liana ecology, evolution, and life-history, as well as the myriad roles lianas play in forest dynamics and functioning. This book provides insight into the ecology and evolution of lianas, their anatomy, physiology, and natural history, their global abundance and distribution, and their wide-ranging effects on the myriad organisms that inhabit tropical and temperate forests.

Nature's Fabric
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 469

Nature's Fabric

Leaves are all around us—in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the slightest glint of sunlight. Perhaps because they are everywhere, it’s easy to overlook the humble leaf, but a close look at them provides one of the most enjoyable ways to connect with the natural world. A lush, incredibly informative tribute to the leaf, Nature’s Fabric offers an introduction to the science of leaves, weaving biology and chemistry with the history of the deep connection we feel with all things growing and green. Leaves come in a staggering variety of textures and shapes: they can be smooth or rough, their edges smooth, lobed, or with tiny te...

D.R.D.A. Reporter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 422

D.R.D.A. Reporter

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Regents' Proceedings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 386

Regents' Proceedings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1991
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Eocene Biodiversity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 458

Eocene Biodiversity

Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples, especially those from the American West, were derived from similar preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and different geographic areas told different stories from those that had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely represented habitats.

Tropical Arctic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 153

Tropical Arctic

A journey into the past -- Forests of a lost landscape -- Crisis and collapse -- Recovery of a tropical Arctic.

A Method of Obtaining Climatic Parameters from Leaf Assemblages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

A Method of Obtaining Climatic Parameters from Leaf Assemblages

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Bulletin MLSA
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

Bulletin MLSA

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Tropical Forest Community Ecology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 686

Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Historically, tropical ecology has been a science often content with descriptive and demographic approaches, which is understandable given the difficulty of studying these ecosystems and the need for basic demographic information. Nonetheless, over the last several years, tropical ecologists have begun to test more sophisticated ecological theory and are now beginning to address a broad array of questions that are of particular importance to tropical systems, and ecology in general. Why are there are so many species in tropical forests and what mechanisms are responsible for the maintenance of that vast species diversity? What factors control species coexistence? Are there common patterns of...