Tropical Ecosystems. Systems Characteristics, Utilization Patterns, and Conservation Issues. Proceedings of the International and Interdisciplinary Symposium TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS,Saarbruecken,Germany, 15-18 June 1989. Publ.1991. 202 p.gr8vo.Paper bd.

Contents (partly): Systems Characteristics (Structure and DistributionPatterns as Basic Parameters for the Anlysis and Modelling of Ecosystemsin the Tropical Evergreen Moist Forests, E.F.Bruenig, S.Buhmann andJ.Poker/ System Characteristics and Ecological Classification ofSubtropical Coastal Lakes in South Brazil, A.Schaefer/ Consommation etdecomposition des feuilles d'Espeletia dans le paramo des Andes duVenezuela, M.Lamotte and I.Garay/ etc.)/ Utilization Patterns (ClimaticImpacts of Tropical Land Use Practices, J.Jacobeit/ Is SustainableUtilization of the Tropical Evergreen Moist Forest Possible?, E.F.Bruenig and J.Poker/ etc.)/ Conservation Issues (The Role of ProtectedArea Systems in a Growing Environmental Sector in Less DevelopedCountries, N.Ishwaran/ Socio-Economic Development in Galapagos: Consequences for a Unique Island Ecosystem, H.N.Hoeck/ Protection ofTropical Ecosystems in Bilateral Development Cooperation, U.Vollmer/etc.).