Fruit-frugivore Interactions in a Costa Rican Rain Forest
Title | Fruit-frugivore Interactions in a Costa Rican Rain Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas John Levey |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 582 |
Release | 1986 |
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La Selva
Title | La Selva PDF eBook |
Author | Lucinda A. McDade |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 508 |
Release | 1994-03-18 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780226039527 |
Abiotic environment and ecosystem processes; The plant community: Composition, dynamics, and life-history processes; The animal community; Plant-animal interactions; La selva's human environment.
Birds and Plants in a Neotropical Rain Forest
Title | Birds and Plants in a Neotropical Rain Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Bette Ann Loiselle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 410 |
Release | 1987 |
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Habitat Selection in Birds
Title | Habitat Selection in Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Martin L. Cody |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Total Pages | 558 |
Release | 1987-07-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0080917356 |
The present book is divided into several parts. An introductory chapter serves to make the reader aware of the diversity of the subject of habitat selection in birds. Many if the various aspects of habitat selection introduced in the first chapter are developed in subsequent chapters, and thus it serves to some extent as an overview of the subject and as a "lead-in" to subsequent work.
Seed Dispersal and Frugivory
Title | Seed Dispersal and Frugivory PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas John Levey |
Publisher | CABI |
Total Pages | 530 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 085199525X |
This book provides information on the historical and theoretical perspectives of biodiversity and ecology in tropical forests, plant and animal behaviour towards seed dispersal and plant-animal interactions within forest communities, consequences of seed dispersal, and conservation, biodiversity and management.
Ant-Plant Interactions
Title | Ant-Plant Interactions PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo S. Oliveira |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 461 |
Release | 2017-08-17 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 110715975X |
The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.
The Ornaments of Life
Title | The Ornaments of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore H. Fleming |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 615 |
Release | 2013-10-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 022602332X |
The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As The Ornaments of Life reveals, many of the most colorful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants—toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds to name a few—are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest. These fruit-and-nectar eating birds and mammals pollinate the flowers and disperse the seeds of hundreds of tropical plants, and unlike temperate communities, much of this greenery relies exclusively on animals for reproduction. Synthesizing recent research by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress demonstrate the tremendous functional and evolutionary importance of these tropical pollinators and frugivores. They shed light on how these mutually symbiotic relationships evolved and lay out the current conservation status of these essential species. In order to illustrate the striking beauty of these “ornaments” of the rainforest, the authors have included a series of breathtaking color plates and full-color graphs and diagrams.