{"product_id":"tropical-forest-community-ecology-isbn-9781405189521","title":"Tropical Forest Community Ecology","description":"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 species abundance and distribution across broad geographic scales? What is the role of trophic interactions in these complex ecosystems? How can these fragile ecosystems be conserved?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eContaining contributions from some of the world’s leading tropical ecologists, \u003ci\u003eTropical Forest Community Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a summary of the key issues in the discipline of tropical ecology:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from some of the world’s leading tropical ecologists\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers patterns of species distribution, the maintenance of species diversity, the community ecology of tropical animals, forest regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface. \u003ci\u003eWalter P. Carson and Stefan A. Schnitzer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003eForeword. \u003ci\u003eS. Joseph Wright.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 1 INTRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Scope of the Book and Key Contributions. \u003ci\u003eStefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 2 LARGE-SCALE PATTERNS IN TROPICAL COMMUNITIES\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Spatial Variation in Tree Species Composition Across Tropical Forests: Pattern and Process. \u003ci\u003eJérôme Chave.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Disparity in Tree Species Richness among Tropical, Temperate, and Boreal Biomes: The Geographic Area and Age Hypothesis. \u003ci\u003ePaul V.A. Fine, Richard H. Ree, and Robyn J. Burnham.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Explaining Geographic Range Size by Species Age: A Test Using Neotropical \u003ci\u003ePiper\u003c\/i\u003e Species. \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Paul and Stephen J. Tonsor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Dry and Rain Forests. \u003ci\u003eRodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ecological Organization, Biogeography, and the Phylogenetic Structure of Tropical Forest Tree Communities. \u003ci\u003eCampbell O.Webb, Charles H. Cannon, and Stuart J. Davies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Large Tropical Forest Dynamics Plots: Testing Explanations for the Maintenance of Species Diversity. \u003ci\u003eJess K. Zimmerman, Jill Thompson, and Nicholas Brokaw.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 3 TESTING THEORIES OF FOREST REGENERATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tropical Forest Ecology: Sterile or Virgin for Theoreticians? \u003ci\u003eEgbert G. Leigh, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Approaching Ecological Complexity from the Perspective of Symmetric Neutral Theory. \u003ci\u003eStephen P. Hubbell.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Functional Basis for Resource Niche Partitioning by Tropical Trees. \u003ci\u003eKaoru Kitajima and Lourens Poorter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Colonization-related Trade-offs in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity. \u003ci\u003eHelene C. Muller-Landau.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Treefall Gaps and the Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity in Tropical Forests. \u003ci\u003eStefan A. Schnitzer, Joseph Mascaro, and Walter P. Carson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Challenges Associated with Testing and Falsifying the Janzen–Connell Hypothesis: A Review and Critique. \u003ci\u003eWalter P. Carson, Jill T. Anderson, Egbert G. Leigh, Jr, and Stefan A. Schnitzer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Seed Limitation and the Coexistence of Pioneer Tree Species. \u003ci\u003eJames W. Dalling and Robert John.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Endophytic Fungi: Hidden Components of Tropical Community Ecology. \u003ci\u003eA. Elizabeth Arnold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 4 ANIMAL COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND TROPHIC INTERACTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Tropical Tritrophic Interactions: Nasty Hosts and Ubiquitous Cascades. \u003ci\u003eLee A. Dyer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Variation in Tree Seedling and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Spore Responses to the Exclusion of Terrestrial Vertebrates: Implications for How Vertebrates Structure Tropical Communities. \u003ci\u003eTad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ecosystem Decay in Closed Forest Fragments. \u003ci\u003eJohn Terborgh and Kenneth Feeley.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Resource Limitation of Insular Animals: Causes and Consequences. \u003ci\u003eGregory H. Adler.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Tropical Arboreal Ants: Linking Nutrition to Roles in Rainforest Ecosystems. \u003ci\u003eDiane W. Davidson and Steven C. Cook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Soil Fertility and Arboreal Mammal Biomass in Tropical Forests. \u003ci\u003eCarlos A. Peres.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 5 SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION, DYNAMICS, AND INVASION\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Processes Constraining Woody Species Succession on Abandoned Pastures in the Tropics: On the Relevance of Temperate Models of Succession. \u003ci\u003eChris J. Peterson and Walter P. Carson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Chance and Determinism in Tropical Forest Succession. \u003ci\u003eRobin L. Chazdon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests: Patterns and Hypotheses. \u003ci\u003eJulie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 6 TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Linking Insights from Ecological Research with Bioprospecting to Promote Conservation, Enhance Research Capacity, and Provide Economic Uses of Biodiversity. \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Kursar, Todd L. Capson, Luis Cubilla-Rios, Daniel A. Emmen, William Gerwick, Mahabir P. Gupta, Maria V. Heller, Kerry McPhail, Eduardo Ortega-Barría, Dora I. Quiros, Luz I. Romero, Pablo N. Solis, and Phyllis D. Coley.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Tropical Rainforest Conservation: A Global Perspective. \u003ci\u003eRichard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Environmental Promise and Peril in the Amazon. \u003ci\u003eWilliam F. Laurance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Contributions of Ecologists to Tropical Forest Conservation. \u003ci\u003eFrancis E. Putz and Pieter A. Zuidema.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Undoubtedly, this book needs to be on the shelves of every scientist committed to disentangling the complexity veiled by the grandeur of tropical forests. Nonetheless, we believe that it will also provide inspiration to landscape ecologists who focus their research in other regions of the Earth.\" (Landscape Ecol, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"Whilst it will not be an easy book especially for those uncomfortable with mathematical formulae, it does provide a valuable insight into a key biome in the world, and at a reasonable price for a substantial volume.” (\u003ci\u003eExperimental Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e , July 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTropical Forest Community Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e may turn out to be the elegy for rainforest ecology, or it may be the harbinger of things to come. Only time will tell, but meanwhile there is much work to be done, and \u003ci\u003eTropical Forest Community Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e provides useful directions.” (\u003ci\u003eEcology\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The recent advances in data collection and theory described in this volume have made the past decade one of the most exciting and important periods in the study of tropical forests. Carson and Schnitzer and the many contributing authors capture this excitement and the tectonic shifts that are underway in this new book. If you intend to buy only one book on tropical forest ecology in the next 20 years, buy this one. It is, simply put, outstanding.\" (\u003ci\u003eAnnals of Botany\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr. Walter P. Carson\u003c\/b\u003e obtained his doctorate from Cornell University and did postdoctoral work at both Princeton University and the University of Minnesota USA. He has conducted extensive research on the ecology of both tropical and temperate forests. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Stefan A. Schnitzer\u003c\/b\u003e obtained his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota USA and Wageningen University in The Netherlands. He has studied tropical forests in Borneo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, and the Republic of Panama. Dr. Schnitzer is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA and a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama.\u003c\/p\u003e  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 species abundance and distribution across broad geographic scales? What is the role of trophic interactions in these complex ecosystems? How can these fragile ecosystems be conserved? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTropical Forest Community Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e includes contributions from some of the world’s leading tropical ecologists who address these key issues and many others, providing a unique and timely summary of this discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990414606565,"sku":"NP9781405189521","price":246.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405189521.jpg?v=1761787734","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tropical-forest-community-ecology-isbn-9781405189521","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}