Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests Ecology and Conservation

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Synopsis

Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests brings together a range of experts in diverse fields including biology, ecology, biogeography, and biogeochemistry, to review, synthesize, and explain the current state of our collective knowledge on the ecology and conservation of this endangered ecosystem. The book offers a synthetic and cross-disciplinary review of recent work with an expansive scope, including sections on distribution, diversity, ecosystem function, and human impacts. Throughout, contributors emphasize conservation issues, particularly emerging threats and promising solutions, with key chapters on climate change, fragmentation, restoration, ecosystem services, and sustainable use. Seasonally dry tropical forests represent scientific terrain that is poorly explored, and there is an urgent need for increased understanding. This book represents an important step in bringing together the most current scientific information about this vital ecosystem.

Book details

Edition:
2011
Author:
Rodolfo Dirzo, Hillary S. Young, Harold A. Mooney and Gerardo Ceballos
ISBN:
9781610910217
Publisher:
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, Washington, DC
Pages:
408
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-02-05
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2011
Copyright by:
Hillary S. Young, Harold A. Mooney, Gerardo Ceballos Rodolfo Dirzo 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science, Technology