Book ID: 19337
CHADWICK, A.C. and S.L.SUTTON (eds.)
Tropical Rain-Forest. The Leeds Symposium. 1984. tabs. 83 illustr. XVI,356 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Continuing destruction of tropical forests poses an increasing threat to species survival and demands a major investigative effort to studynatural forests and plan for their survival. This volume is aimed at workers in ecology, conservation and management of tropical forests and at general readers interested in the teeming life of the forest. It contains papers based on work presented at the symposium "The TropicalRain Forest: Ecology and Management" held at Leeds University in 1982.-Contents (main headings): Community Structure/ Nutrient Cycling/Maintenance of Diversity/ Ecophysiology/ Animal Interactions/ Resource Management.