The Tropical Rain Forest A First Encounter - gebrauchtes Buch

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783540179962
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3540179968
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1988
Herausgeber: Springer

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ISBN/EAN: 3540179968

ISBN - alternative Schreibweisen:
3-540-17996-8, 978-3-540-17996-2
Alternative Schreibweisen und verwandte Suchbegriffe:
Autor des Buches: heywood vernon, kruk, jacobs, marius jacob
Titel des Buches: encounter, america first, the tropical rain forest, the new forest, beyond the forest

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Autor/in: Marius Jacobs
Titel: The Tropical Rain Forest - A First Encounter
Verlag: Springer; Springer Berlin
295 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 1988-02-29
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Deutschland.
Übersetzer/in: Remke Kruk
Gewicht: 0,850 kg
Sprache: Englisch
85,55 € (DE)
87,95 € (AT)
106,60 CHF (CH)
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BC; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie/Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung; Agrarwissenschaften; Verstehen; soil; evolution; forest; plants; ecology; rain forest; regeneration; C; Agriculture; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Forestry; Ecology; Plant Sciences; Forstwirtschaft und Waldbau: Praxis und Techniken; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften; EA

1 A Matter of Public Awareness.- Tropical Rain Forest Characteristics.- Geographical Occurrence of Rain Forest.- Peculiarities of the Rain Forest.- Rain Forest Picture Books.- Tropical Forest Inventories.- An Expression of Concern.- The Speed of Forest Destruction.- Some Misunderstandings Corrected.- A Difficult Message.- 2 How Rain Forests Are Studied.- Outline of the Chapter.- A Handful of Terms.- The Growth of a Vision.- Regional Differences.- Collaboration Between Botanists and Foresters.- How to Recognize Plants in the Forest.- Research Plots.- Plant Collecting for Taxonomic Purposes.- Botanical Gardens.- The Work in a Herbarium.- The State of Inventory.- Books Describing Rain Forest Trees.- How to Name Plants.- The Profile Diagram.- How to Look into the Canopy.- Radio-Tracking Animals.- By Canoe.- El Verde.- Looking down from the Air.- Monitoring from Satellites.- Simplifications.- 3 Climate.- The Decisive Factor: Heat.- Precipitation: The Second Limiting Factor.- Averages and Exceptions of the Rain Forest Climate.- Wind, Thunderstorms, Downpours.- The Treacherous Climate.- Vapour Pressure Deficit Inside and Outside the Forest.- Longman and Jeník’s Tree.- Temperature Inside and Outside the Forest.- Light Intensity Inside and Outside the Forest.- The Structure of the Tropical Rain Forest.- 4 Soils and Cycles.- Geomorphology.- Weathering.- Erosion.- Transport, Sedimentation.- Soil Poverty.- The Shade Community.- Humus.- The Mosaic of Species.- 5 The Trees.- General Remarks.- Trunk.- Roots.- Leaves.- Flowers.- Architecture.- 6 Other Life Forms.- Lianas.- Epiphytes.- Epiphylls: A World Apart.- Bamboos.- Hemi-Epiphytes.- Tree Stranglers and Banyans.- Mistletoes and Other Hemi-Parasites.- Holoparasites.- Saprophytes.- Terrestrial Herbs.- 7 Composition.- Aspects of the Composition.- Heterogeneity of Data.- Species Richness: A Few Figures.- Species per Area.- Woody Plants Predominate.- Species Richness and Diameter Classes.- Few Individuals per Species.- Dominance No, Mosaic Yes.- Altitudes Above Sea Level.- Summary: The Implication of Species Richness.- 8 Primary and Secondary Forest.- Germination in Shade or Light.- The Life-Styles ‘r’ and ‘K’.- The Relationship Between Secondary and Primary Forest.- Accessibility.- The Speed of Travel.- The Primary Forest as Climax Vegetation.- Summary: The Dynamics of the Forest.- Strata in the Primary Forest?.- Agricultural and Silvicultural Aspects.- 9 Tropical America.- Knowledge of the American Rain Forests.- The Caribbean.- The Mountainous Backbone.- The Guyanas.- The Amazon.- Palms.- Animals.- Useful Plants.- Estates.- Jarí.- Conservation.- 10 Malesia.- Geography.- Flora.- Useful Plants.- Threats.- Dipterocarps.- 11 Tropical Africa.- General.- Climate.- Subdivision.- The Poverty of the Flora.- Human Influence.- 12 Relationships of Plants and Animals.- The Numbers of Animals.- The Distribution of Animals.- An Overview.- Big, Free-Hanging, Odorous Fruits.- The Man of the Forest.- Reproduction of Figs: A Case of Co-Evolution.- Herbivory.- Ants in Plants.- Scarcity of Minerals.- The Usefulness of Hollow Trees.- Defence Mechanisms.- 13 Evolution.- A Car Drive into the Past.- The Approach.- The Thick-Stemmed or Pachycaul Form.- The Thin-Stemmed or Leptocaul Form.- The Development of the Fruit.- Old Characteristics and New Functions.- Chemical Defence.- Outside the Rain Forest.- What Does a Geologist Say?.- 14 How Species Are Formed.- Problems.- Plants and Animals, Their Different Evolutionary Pace.- Genetic Exchange.- Selection: Edaphic and Biotic.- Dispersal, Growth, Flowering.- Distance; Dioecism.- Four Categories.- Coenospecies.- ‘Blocks’of Closely Related Species.- Hopeful Monsters.- Remaining Species.- Ecological Niches.- 15 At the Fringes of the Rain Forest.- Once Again: The Climax!.- Coastal Forests.- Riverbeds.- Mountain Forest.- Subtropical Rain Forest.- Monsoon Forest and Savanna.- Deciduous Forest.- Kerangas, Wallaba, Caatinga.- Freshwater Swamp Forest.- Peat Swamp Forest.- Long-Isolated Rain Forest.- 16 Values of the Rain Forest.- Twelve Points of Value.- a) Supply of Wood.- b) Retention of Soil.- c) Regulation of Run-Off.- d) Stabilization of Climate.- e) Source of ‘Minor Forest Products’.- f) Pool of New Useful Plant Species.- g) Pool of Useful Genetic Material.- h) Shelter and Food Source of Animals and Hunting-Gathering Tribes.- i) Matrix of Evolution.- j) Source of Knowledge.- k) Object of Respect for the Creation.- l) Medium for Education and Recreation.- Conclusions.- A Note on the Value of Secondary Forest.- 17 Damage and Destruction.- An Outline of the Factors Involved.- The Fragility of Rain Forest.- Collection of Minor Forest Products.- Extraction of Timber.- Effects of Mechanical Logging.- Silvicultural Measures and Systems.- Effects of Silvicultural Measures.- The Paradox of Logging.- Shifting Cultivation.- Planned Destruction of Forest.- Species Threatened with Extinction.- Causes of Forest Destruction.- Obsolescent Values.- 18 Protection.- The Place of Conservation.- Protection Versus Management.- Intentions Towards Protection.- Evaluation of a Forest.- Points to Note when Evaluating a Forest for Protection.- Setbacks.- Conservation and Research.- Buffer Zones.- Minimum Size of Rain Forest Reserves.- How Can the Potential of Nature Reserves Be Put to Use?.- A Ban on the Import of Tropical Hardwoods?.- Organizations.- 19 Forest and Man.- Was the Earth Made only for Us?.- The Situation in Indonesia.- Corruption.- The UNESCO Book.- Renewability, a Complex Matter.- So what Amount of Exploitation Is Possible?.- Large Capital, Small Interest.- From Intact Forest to Degraded Land: A Four-Point Scale.- Ecological Guidelines.- Again: Minor Forest Products.- Agroforestry.- Forestry and Rural Development.- Development Assistance.- The Position of the Biologist: A Summary.- The Sacred Forest.- Last Look.- References.- Name and Subject Index.