The tropical mountain forest : patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot

✍ Scribed by Robbert S. Gradstein; Jurgen Homeier and Gansert Dirk (eds.)

Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 224
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Tropical mountain forests are very rich in species and are generally considered as hotspots of biodiversity. They are also of great ecological importance as sources of water and other ecosystem services for millions of people living in the tropics. However, these valuable forest ecosystems are now increasingly being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed by human interventions. This book originated from a lecture series on the tropical mountain forest organized by the G?ttingen Centre of Biodiversity and Ecology and held at the University of G?ttingen, Germany, during the summer term of 2007. The volume presents a synthesis of current ecological research in Germany on the tropical mountain forest, from an interdisciplinary perspective.

✦ Table of Contents

S. Robbert Gradstein, JürgenHomeier and Dirk Gansert (Eds.)The TropicalMountain Forest......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Michael Richter: Tropical mountain forests – distribution and generalfeatures......Page 12
Hermann Behling: Tropical mountain forest dynamics in Mata Atlantica andnorthern Andean biodiversity hotspots during the lateQuaternary......Page 30
M. Kessler/Jürgen Kluge: Diversity and endemism in tropical montane forests - frompatterns to processes......Page 40
S. Robbert Gradstein: Epiphytes of tropical montane forest - impact of deforestation and climate change......Page 56
Ingrid Kottke et al.: Mycorrhizal fungi and plant diversity in tropical mountainrainforest of southern Ecuador......Page 72
Stefan Scheu et al.: The soil fauna of a tropical mountain rainforest in southernEcuador: structure and functioning......Page 84
Jürgen Homeier: The influence of topography on forest structure andregeneration dynamics in an Ecuadorian montane forest......Page 102
Chr. Leuschner/G. Moser: Carbon allocation and productivity in tropical mountainforests......Page 114
Dirk Hölscher: Hydrology of natural and anthropogenically altered tropicalmontane rainforests with special reference to rainfallinterception......Page 134
Gerhard Gerold: Soil, climate and vegetation of tropical montane forests– a case study from the Yungas, Bolivia......Page 142
Perdita Pohle: Indigenous land use practices and biodiversity conservationin southern Ecuador......Page 168
R. Mosandl/S. Günter: Sustainable management of tropical mountain forests inEcuador......Page 182
E. Beck/M. Richter: Ecological aspects of a biodiversity hotspot in the Andes ofsouthern Ecuador......Page 200

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