Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

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Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest Edited by Nalini M. Nadkarni Nathaniel T. Wheelwright New York Oxford Oxford ...

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This book is dedicated to John and Doris Campbell, for their encouragement of research on the ecology and conservation of Montev ...

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Foreword Gary S. Hartshorn While serving as visiting faculty during the Organi- zation for Tropical Studies' Fundamentals of Eco ...

forests in the clouds. From the conservative land ethic of the Quaker pioneers to the vibrant involvement of local communities ( ...

Foreword Luis Diego Gomez P. Canopium is a word from Medieval Latin meaning "a tent," a shelter under which things and people co ...

In a world besieged with the awesome dilemmas that an exploding population and the inherent (and peculiarly human) abuse of its ...

A Manera de Introduccion Luis Diego Gomez P. Canopium es un vocablo latino del medioevo que significa "tienda, techo," aquello b ...

maquinaria que mantiene funcionando al bosque nuboso. Aun si fueran simples esbozos de la com- plejidad que nutren las neblinas, ...

Contents Foreword vii Gary S. Hartshorn Foreword ix Luis Diego Gomez P. A Manera de Introduccion xi Luis Diego Gomez P. Contribu ...

Mucuna urens, a Tropical Liana 72 Gary W. Diller O'Dell Epiphytes 72 Stephan W. Ingram Bromeliads 73 Harry E. Luther Orchids 74 ...

Brown Jays: Complex Sociality in a Colonizing Species 212 Dean A. Williams & Marcy F. Lawton Ecology and Sexual Dimorphism o ...

Invertebrates in Canopy and Ground Organic Matter 336 Nalini M. Nadkarni &John T. Longino Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae o ...

Conservation Biology 419 Nathaniel T. Wheelwright 12.1 Richness, Endemism, and Biodiversity 420 12.2 An Overview of Key Concept ...

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Contributors Jon Agren Department of Ecological Botany University of Umea Umea, S-901 87 Sweden [email protected] John Alcock Dep ...