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Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
Stork
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Description for Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
Hardback. This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the "Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including the social and economic dimensions. Editor(s): Stork, Nigel E.; Turton, Stephen M. Num Pages: 652 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 226 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2050.
This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the “Wet Tropics” rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including the social and economic dimensions.
- The most thorough assessment of a tropical forest landscape to date
- Explores significant scientific breakthroughs in areas including conservation genetics, vegetation modeling, agroforestry and revegetation techniques, biodiversity assessment and modeling, impacts of climate change, and the integration of science in natural resource management
- Research achieved, in part, due to the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (the Rainforest CRC)
- Written by a number of distinguished international experts
- contains chapter summaries and section commentaries
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
652
Condition
New
Number of Pages
652
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405156431
SKU
V9781405156431
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Stork
Nigel Stork is Head of School of Resource Management and Geography and Head of the Burnley Campus at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Formerly the CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management and Founder of the Australian Canopy Crane, he has studied tropical forest ecology and insect diversity in many tropical regions of the world with particular interest in the magnitude and decline of global biodiversity. Stephen Turton is Professor and Executive Director of the Australian Tropical Forest Institute at Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Previously, he was Director of Research for the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre. His research and teaching interests include tropical climatology, rainforest ecology, urban ecology, recreation ecology and natural resource management.
Reviews for Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
"This book should be on the shelves of every university library, certainly in Australia and arguably in the world. Every rainforest research scientist, natural resource management and local government organization in theWet Tropics should have a copy in the office; it is comprehensive and essential." (Austral Ecology, 2011) "Any biologist or conservation manager interested in tropical forests cannot overlook this book, and will find much of interest and value. Entomologists and naturalists planning to visit northern Queensland will benefit from the perspective it gives, in a synthesis of lasting value which-I hope-will be a further stimulus to conservation of thisunique suite of ecosystems." (Zentralblatt Math, 2010) "There is probably no other volume that provides such a holistic and comprehensive perspective on the science, management, people, and economics of a tropical landscape.”( The Quarterly Review of Biology , September 2009) "A comprehensive compendium of research information … .The real value of this book is all the information it gives for future sustainable management and conservation of the wet tropics." (Biologist, November 2008)