A Caribbean Forest Tapestry : The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response Hardback
Edited by Nicholas (, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico-R¡o) Brokaw, Todd (, Department of Aquatic and Earth Sciences, Utah State University) Crowl, Ariel (, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service) Lugo, William (, Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire) McDowell, Frederick (, Department Earth & Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania) Scatena, Robert (, LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico) Waide, Michael (, Center for Environmental Science, University of Connecticut) Willig
Part of the The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/06/2012
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- ISBN:9780195334692
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/06/2012
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- ISBN:9780195334692