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Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the "Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including the social and economic dimensions. * * The most thorough assessment of a tropical forest landscape to date * Explores significant scientific breakthroughs in areas including conservation genetics, vegetation modeling, agroforestry and revegetation techniques, biodiversity assessment and modeling, impacts of climate change, and the integration of science in natural resource management * Research achieved, in part, due to the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (the Rainforest CRC) * Written by a number of distinguished international experts * contains chapter summaries and section commentaries

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Autor

Nigel Stork is Head of School of Resource Management and Geography and Head of the Burnley Campus at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Formerly the CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management and Founder of the Australian Canopy Crane, he has studied tropical forest ecology and insect diversity in many tropical regions of the world with particular interest in the magnitude and decline of global biodiversity. Stephen Turton is Professor and Executive Director of the Australian Tropical Forest Institute at Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Previously, he was Director of Research for the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre. His research and teaching interests include tropical climatology, rainforest ecology, urban ecology, recreation ecology and natural resource management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444300338
• Artikelnr.: 38407800

Rezensionen

"This book should be on the shelves of every university library,certainly in Australia and arguably
in the world. Every rainforest research scientist, natural resourcemanagement and local government
organization in theWet Tropics should have a copy in the office; itis comprehensive and essential." (Austral Ecology, 2011)

"Any biologist or conservation manager interested in tropicalforests cannot overlook this book, and will find
much of interest and value. Entomologists and naturalists planningto visit northern Queensland will benefit from the perspective itgives, in a synthesis of lasting value which-I hope-will be afurther stimulus to conservation of thisunique suite ofecosystems." (Zentralblatt Math,

2010)

"There is probably no other volume that provides such a holisticand comprehensive perspective on the science, management, people,and economics of a tropical landscape."( The QuarterlyReview of Biology , September 2009)

"A comprehensive compendium of research information ... .Thereal value of this book is all the information it gives for futuresustainable management and conservation of the wet tropics."(Biologist, November 2008)"...editors Nigel Stork and Steve Turton ask whether there arelessons from the Australian Wet Tropics that can be appliedelsewhere? There certainly are! ...This book takes a uniquelycomprehensive and therefore exemplary holistic approach tolandscape science and sustainable management, and is a valuablecontribution that will certainly attract interest throughout theworld."
-Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden