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• ISBN: 0124575536 :
• ISBN: 9780124575530
• Physical Description: xxiii, 517 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Publisher: Amsterdam ; : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1995.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nature of forest canopies / Nalini M. Nadkarni ... [et al.] -- Tropical microclimate considerations / Stephen R. Madigosky -- Quantifying and visualizing canopy structure in tall forests : methods and a case study / Robert Van Pelt, Stephen C. Sillett, and Nalini M. Nadkarni -- Vertical organization of canopy biota / David C. Shaw -- Age-related development of canopy structure and its ecological functions / Hiroaki T. Ishii ... [et al.] -- History of tree canopies / David L. Dilcher ... [et al.] -- What is canopy biology? A microbial perspective / Lynn Margulis -- Lichens and bryophytes in forest canopies / Stephen C. Sillett and Marie E. Antoine -- Vascular epiphytes / David H. Benzing -- Mistletoe : a unique constituent of canopies worldwide / David M. Watson -- Hidden in plain sight : mites in the canopy / David Evans Walter -- Soil microarthropods : belowground fauna that sustain forest systems / H. Bruce Rinker -- Tardigrades : bears of the canopy / William R. Miller -- Biodiversity question : how may species of terrestrial arthropods are there? / Terry L. Erwin -- Physical transport, heterogeneity, and interactions involving canopy anoles / Roman Dial and Joan Roughgarden -- Ecology and conservation of canopy mammals / Jay R. Malcolm -- Photosynthesis in forest canopies / Jennifer Funk and Manuel T. Lerdau -- Insect herbivory in tropical forests / H. Bruce Rinker and Margaret D. Lowman -- Nutrient cycling / Barbara C. Reynolds and Mark D. Hunter -- Reproductive biology and genetics of tropical trees from a canopy perspective / Michelle L. Zjhra and Beth A. Kaplin -- Decomposition in forest canopies / Stephen J. Fonte and Timothy D. Schowalter -- Survival strategies : a matter of life and death / Stephen R. Madigosky -- Tarzan or Jane? A short history of canopy biology / Margaret D. Lowman -- Economics and the forest canopy / David W. Pearce -- Ecotourism and the treetops / Margaret D. Lowman -- Reintegration of wonder into the emerging science of canopy ecology / H. Bruce Rinker and David M. Jarzen.

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Subject:

Forest canopy ecology.
Forest canopies.
Écologie du couvert forestier.
Couvert forestier.