Arthropods of Tropical Forests

Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-08784-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 492 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 942 g

Arthropods are the most diverse group of organisms on our planet and the tropical rainforests represent the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems. This book, written by 79 authors contributing to 35 chapters, aims to provide an overview of data collected during recent studies in Australia, Africa, Asia, and South America. The book focuses on the distribution of arthropods and their use of resources in the rainforest canopies, providing a basis for comparison between the forest ecosystems of the main biogeographical regions. Topics covered include the distribution of arthropods along vertical gradients and the relationship between the soil/litter habitat and the forest canopy. The temporal dynamics of arthropod communities, habitats and food selection are examined within and among tropical tree crowns, as are the effects of forest disturbance. This important book is a valuable addition to the literature used by community ecologists, conservation biologists entomologists, botanists and forestry experts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basset, Yves

Kitching, Roger

Miller, Scott

Novotny, Vojtech

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Arthropods of Tropical Canopies; Part II. Vertical Stratification in Tropical Forests; Part III. Temporal Patterns in Tropical Canopies; Part IV. Resource Use and Host Specificity in Tropical Canopies; Part V. Synthesis;.

Über Autor(innen)

Basset, Yves
Yves Basset is a Tupper Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama.

Novotny, Vojtech
Roger Kitching is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.