Tropical rain forests contain most of the world's known biological
diversity. Understanding how this diversity persists in the face of
anthropogenic disturbance is an increasingly critical issue. To
manage and preserve intact ecosystems, and to restore degraded
ones, a better knowledge of the basic ecological processes that
affect them is necessary. We must be able to answer such questions
as: How are plant communities structured? How is diversity
maintained in species-rich ecosystems? What ecological factors
determine which plants grow where? Many processes are known to
shape plant communities, but what is their relative importance?
Approaching answers to these questions is the primary focus of this
book. The book presents a case study, built upon experiments
performed in a Peruvian rain forest. The author conducted a series
of manipulative experiments on tree seedlings to dissect the
various forces that shape their coexistence. This book is directed
to an audience of ecologists, forest researchers, and
conservationists.
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