Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Containing contributions from some of the world's leading tropical ecologists this book provides a summary of the key issues in the discipline of tropical ecology. Includes contributions from some of the world's leading tropical ecologists Covers patterns of species distribution, the maintenance of species diversity, the community ecology of tropical animals, forest regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems

Dr. Walter P. Carson obtained his doctorate from Cornell University and did postdoctoral work at both Princeton University and the University of Minnesota USA. He has conducted extensive research on the ecology of both tropical and temperate forests. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Dr. Stefan A. Schnitzer obtained his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota USA and Wageningen University in The Netherlands. He has studied tropical forests in Borneo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, and the Republic of Panama. Dr. Schnitzer is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA and a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama.

Preface	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Scope of the Book and Key Contributions	p. 3
Large-Scale Pattens in Tropical Communities	p. 9
Spatial Variation in Tree Species Composition Across Tropical Forests: Pattern and Process	p. 11
The Disparity in Tree Species Richness among Tropical, Temperate, and Boreal Biomes: The Geographic Area and Age Hypothesis	p. 31
Explaining Geographic Range Size by Species Age: A Test Using Neotropical Piper Species	p. 46
Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Dry and Rain Forests	p. 63
Ecological Organization, Biogeography, and the Phylogenetic Structure of Tropical Forest Tree Communities	p. 79
Large Tropical Forest Dynamics Plots: Testing Explanations for the Maintenance of Species Diversity	p. 98
Testing Theories of Forest Regeneration and the Maintenance of Species Diversity	p. 119
Tropical Forest Ecology: Sterile or Virgin for Theoreticians?	p. 121
Approaching Ecological Complexity from the Perspective of Symmetric Neutral Theory	p. 143
Functional Basis for Resource Niche Partitioning by Tropical Trees	p. 160
Colonization-related Trade-offs in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity	p. 182
Treefall Gaps and the Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity in Tropical Forests	p. 196
Challenges Associated with Testing and Falsifying the Janzen-Connell Hypothesis: A Review and Critique	p. 210
Seed Limitation and the Coexistence of Pioneer Tree Species	p. 242
Endophytic Fungi: Hidden Components of Tropical Community Ecology	p. 254
Animal Community Ecology and Trophic Interactions	p. 273
Tropical Tritrophic Interactions: Nasty Hosts and Ubiquitous Cascades	p. 275
Variation in Tree Seedling and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Spore Responses to the Exclusion of Terrestrial Vertebrates: Implications for How Vertebrates Structure Tropical Communities	p. 294
Ecosystem Decay in Closed Forest Fragments	p. 308
Resource Limitation of Insular Animals: Causes and Consequences	p. 322
Tropical Arboreal Ants: Linking Nutrition to Roles in Rainforest Ecosystems	p. 334
Soil Fertility and Arboreal Mammal Biomass in Tropical Forests	p. 349
Secondary Forest Succession, Dynamics, and Invasion	p. 365
Processes Constraining Woody Species Succession on Abandoned Pastures in the Tropics: On the Relevance of Temperate Models of Succession	p. 367
Chance and Determinism in Tropical Forest Succession	p. 384
Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests: Patterns and Hypotheses	p. 409
Tropical Forest Conservation	p. 427
Linking Insights from Ecological Research with Bioprospecting to Promote Conservation, Enhance Research Capacity, and Provide Economic Uses of Biodiversity	p. 429
Tropical Rainforest Conservation: A Global Perspective	p. 442
Environmental Promise and Peril in the Amazon	p. 458
Contributions of Ecologists to Tropical Forest Conservation	p. 474
Index	p. 491
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