Tropical communities are recognised as among the most species-rich
and dynamic in the world. Yet far from existing as dynamic
equilibria, large unpredictable disruptive events are seen as
dominating the longer-term dynamics set against the background of
global change. This 1998 volume challenges the dynamic equilibrium
idea yet further, arguing for thinking on a timescale of decades to
centuries, finding different ways to handle unpredictability and
uniqueness, and evaluating species diversity and community change
at different scales. The difficult search for robust
generalizations and rules in tropical communities, which might
allow better prescription through understanding rather than
description is partly answered in this forward-looking book by the
realization that an alternative framework and perspective is
required for the tropics. This volume will continue to appeal to
both researchers and advanced students of ecology.
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