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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 생명과학 > 생태학
· ISBN : 9780124575530
· 쪽수 : 544쪽
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SECTION I: Structures of Forest Canopies
Chapter 1: The Nature of Forest Canopies
Side Bar: Verticality and Habitat Analysis: MacArthur and Wilson"s Biogeography Theory Revisited
Side Bar: Empty Space: Another View of Forest Canopy Structure
Chapter 2: Tropical Microclimate Considerations
Chapter 3: Quantifying and Visualizing Canopy Structure in Tall Forests: Methods and a Case Study
Side Bar: "Canopy Trekking": A Ground-Independent, Rope-Based Method for Horizontal Movement
Chapter 4: Vertical Organization of Canopy Biota
Side Bar: Macaws: Dispersers in a Tropical Habitat
Side Bar: Vertical Stratification Among Neotropical Migrants
Chapter 5: Age-Related Development of Canopy Structure and Its Ecological Functions
Side Bar: Measuring Canopy Structure: The Forest Canopy Database Project
Chapter 6: A History of Tree Canopies
Side Bar: The Evolution of Rain Forest Animals
Side Bar: The Botanical Ghosts of Evolution
SECTION II: Organisms in Forest Canopies
Chapter 7: What Is Canopy Biology? A Microbial Perspective
Side Bar: Arboreal Stromatolites: A 230 Million Year Old Record
Chapter 8: Lichens and Bryophytes in Forest Canopies
Chapter 9: Vascular Epiphytes
Side Bar: Orchid Adaptations to an Epiphytic Lifestyle
Side Bar: Tank Bromeliads?Faunal Ecology
Side Bar: Strangler Fig Trees: Demons or Heroes of the Canopy?
Chapter 10: Mistletoes: A Unique Constituent of Canopies Worldwide
Chapter 11: Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy
Chapter 12: Soil Microarthopods: Belowground Fauna that Sustain Forest Systems
Chapter 13: Tardigrades: Bears of the Canopy
Side Bar: Rotifers in the Water Film
Chapter 14: The Biodiversity Question: How Many Species of Terrestrial Arthropods Are There?
Side Bar: Insect Zoos as Windows into Forest Canopies
Chapter 15: Physical Transport, Heterogeneity, and Interactions Involving Canopy Anoles
Side Bar: The Color of Poison: Flamboyant Frogs in the Rain Forest Canopy
Chapter 16: Ecology and Conservation of Canopy Mammals
Side Bar: Vertical Stratification of Small Mammals in Lowland Rain Forest of the Australian Wet Tropics
Side Bar: Body Mass of Gliding Mammals: An Energetic Approach
Side Bar: Orangutans: The Largest Canopy Dwellers
SECTION III: Ecological Processes in Forest Canopies
Chapter 17: Photosynthesis in Forest Canopies
Chapter 18: Insect Herbivory in Tropical Forests
Side Bar: Measuring Forest Herbivory Levels Using Canopy Cranes
Side Bar: The Leipzig Canopy Crane Project: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Function in a Temperate Decidious Forest
Chapter 19: Nutrient Cycling
Chapter 20: Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Tropical Trees from a Canopy Perspective
Side Bar: DNA Sequences and Orchid Classification
Chapter 21: Decomposition in Forest Canopies
Chapter 22: Survival Strategies: A Matter of Life and Death
SECTION IV: Conservation and Forest Canopies
Chapter 23: Tarzan or Jane? A Short History of Canopy Biology
Side Bar: Canopy Walkways: Highways in the Sky
Side Bar: International Canopy Crane Network
Chapter 24: Economics and the Forest Canopy
Side Bar: Ethnobotany in Forest Canopies
Side Bar: The Value of Herbaria for Plant Conservation
Chapter 25: Ecotourism and the Treetops
Side Bar: A Climb for Conservation
Side Bar: Florida From the Treetops
Chapter 26: The Reintegration of Wonder into the Emerging Science of Canopy Ecology
Side Bar: Global Canopy Programme: A Worldwide Alliance for Forest Studies
Side Bar: International Canopy Network (ICAN)