The ecology of a tropical forest : (Record no. 36617)

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ISBN 9781560986423
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Classification number 574.52642
Item number ECO
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Title The ecology of a tropical forest :
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Edition statement 2nd edition.
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Place of publication Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year of publication c1996.
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Number of Pages 503 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
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General note A project of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
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Formatted contents note The physical setting. Geology, climate, and hydrology of Barro Colorado Island / William E. Dietrich, Donald M. Windsor, and Thomas Dunne ; Variation in rainfall on Barro Colorado Island / A. Stanley Rand and William M. Rand --<br/>The biotic setting. Introduction : Why are there so many kinds of tropical trees? / Egbert G. Leigh Jr. ; Structure and history of the vegetation of Barro Colorado Island / Robin B. Foster and Nicholas V.L. Brokaw ; Distribution of trees on Barro Colorado Island : a five-hectare sample / Richard W. Thorington Jr., Bernice Tannenbaum, A. Tarak, and R. Rudran ; Tree mortality rates on Barro Colorado Island / Francis E. Putz and Katharine Milton ; Treefalls : frequency, timing, and consequences / Nicholas V.L. Brokaw --<br/>Seasonal rhythms in plants. Forest production and regulation of primary consumers on Barro Colorado Island / Egbert G. Leigh Jr. and Donald M. Windsor ; Rates of herbivory on different tropical trees / Phyllis D. Coley ; A cue for synchronous flowering / Carol K. Augspurger ; The seasonal rhythm of fruitfall on Barro Colorado Island / Robin B. Foster ; Seasonal rhythm of seed germination in a semideciduous tropical forest / Nancy C. Garwood --<br/>Frugivores. Fruit production and animal activity in two tropical trees / Henry F. Howe ; Famine on Barro Colorado Island / Robin B. Foster ; Population sizes and breeding rhythms of two species of manakins in relation to food supply / Andrea Worthington ; Population regulation in some terrestrial frugivores / Nicholas Smythe, William E. Glanz, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr. ; Seasonal food use and demographic trends in Sciurus granatensis / William E. Glanz, Richard W. Thorington Jr., Jacalyn Giacalone-Madden, and Lawrence R. Heaney ; Cebus capucinus : home range, population dynamics, and interspecific relationships / John R. Oppenheimer ; Dietary quality and population regulation in a howler monkey population / Katharine Milton ; The genetic structure and socioecology of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Barro Colorado Island / Jeffery W. Froehlich and Richard W. Thorington Jr. --<br/>Insects of tree crowns and their predators. The seasonal abundance of night-flying insects in a neotropical forest / Nicholas Smythe ; Seasonality of Homoptera on Barro Colorado Island / Henk Wolda ; Population irruptions and periodic migrations in the day-flying moth Urania fulgens / Neal G. Smith ; The breeding season of antwrens on Barro Colorado Island / Judy Gradwohl and Russell Greenberg --<br/>Litter arthropods and their predators. Seasonal and annual variation in litter arthropod populations / SalIy C. Levings and Donald M. Windsor ; Ecology and population regulation in the army ant Eciton burchelli / Nigel Franks ; Population dynamics and seasonal recruitment in Bufo typhonius and Colostethus nubicola (Anura) / Catherine A. Toft, A. Stanley Rand, and Milton Clark ; Seasonal breeding and long-term population fluctuations in the lizard Anolis limifrons / Robin M. Andrews and A. Stanley Rand ; Timing of reproduction by coatis (Nasua narica) in relation to fluctuations in food resources / James K. Russell --<br/>Long-term changes. Introduction : The significance of population fluctuations / Egbert G. Leigh Jr. ; Temporal variation in the understory bird community of a tropical forest / James R. Karr, Douglas W. Schemske, and Nicholas V.L. Brokaw ; The terrestrial mammal fauna of Barro Colorado Island : censuses and long-term changes / William E. Glanz --
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Topical Term Forest ecology
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Topical Term Seasons
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Topical Term Biological rhythms
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Personal name Leigh, Egbert Giles.
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Personal name Rand, A. Stanley
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Personal name Windsor, Donald M.
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Koha item type Reference Books
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Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 22/01/2001 Purchased 4200.00 574.52642 ECO 005618 Reference Books

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