Coexistence
Subtitle: the ecology and evolution of tropical biodiversity
By: Jan Sapp
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780190632441
Subjects: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Evolution (Biology); Ecology; Biodiversity; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Interviews; title: 1. The other world; title: 2. Legends; title: 3. Romancing the rainforest; title: 4. Regeneration; title: 5. Is evolution different in the tropics?; title: 6. Niche construction; title: 7. Rhythms of the forest; title: 8. On the waterfronts; title: 9. The new deal; title: 10. Ecology in disequilibrium; title: 11. The central enigma; title: 12. Liberated from fashionable science; title: 13. Territories, taxonomy, and time; title: 14. Nineteen eighty-nine; title: 15. Biodiversity in heat; title: 16. A continent in the canopy; title: 17. At the root of diversity; title: 18. The other world today; title: Notes; title: Index.