Tropical rainforests
Subtitle: past, present & future
By: edited by Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, and Craig Moritz.
Contributors: Bermingham, Eldredge.; Dick, Christopher W.; Moritz, Craig.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 745
Subjects: Rain forests -- Congresses; Rain forest ecology -- Congresses; Rain forest conservation -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Synthesizing theoretical & empirical analyses of the processes that help shape these unique ecosystems, 'Tropical Rainforests' looks at the effects of evolutionary histories, past climate change, & ecological dynamics on the origin & maintenance of tropical rainforest communities.
Notes: Edited and updated papers from a symposium held in Cairns, Australia, April 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-713) and index.