A Caribbean Forest Tapestry - The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	June 2012
Editors:	Nicholas Brokaw • Todd Crowl • Ariel Lugo • William McDowell • Frederick Scatena • Robert Waide • Michael Willig
Dimensions:	240 x 163 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-533469-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Forests, rainforests Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General
LSN:	0-19-533469-8
Barcode:	9780195334692

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