Dynamics of Tropical Communities: 37th Symposium of the British Ecological Society

by Edited by D. M. Newbery , H. H. T. Prins , N. D. Brown

• ISBN13: 9780521187497
• ISBN10: 0521187494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Tropical communities are recognized as among the most species-rich and dynamic in the world. Yet, far from existing as dynamic equilibria, large unpredictable disruptive events dominate the longer-term dynamics set against the background of global change. This volume challenges the dynamic equilibrium idea further by arguing for thinking on a timescale of decades to centuries, finding new ways to handle unpredictability and uniqueness, and evaluating species diversity and community change at different scales.

Table of Contents

Seeds and fruits of tropical rainforest plants: interpretation of the range in seed size, degree of defence and flesh/seed quotients

Patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents and seed fate in relation to seed size

Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics: factors influencing distance/density-dependent attack on tropical seeds and seedlings

Gap-size niche differentiation by tropical rainforest trees: a testable hypothesis or a broken-down bandwagon?

Differential effects of small-scale fishing on predatory and prey fishes on Figian reefs N.

Architecture and development of rainforest trees: responses to light variation

Limits to tree species distributions in lowland tropical rainforest

Community structure and the demography of primary species in tropical rainforest

Risk-spreading and risk-reducing tactics of West African anurans in an unpredictably changing and stressful environment

Limits to exploitation of Serengeti wildebeest and implications for its management

Phenology and dynamics of an African rainforest at Korup

Primates, phenology and frugivory: present, past and future patterns in the Lopé Reserve

Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant-pollinator interactions in the tropics

A spatial model of Savannah function and dynamics: model description and preliminary results

Evolution and diversity in Amazonian floodplain communities

Community dynamics of arboreal insectivorous birds in African Savannahs in relation to seasonal rainfall patterns and habitat change

Species-richness of African grazer assemblages: towards a functional explanation

Niche specialty among tropical trees: a question of scales

Disturbance and succession on the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia

Major disturbance in tropical rainforests

The impact of traditional and modern cultivation practices, including forestry, on Lepidoptera diversity in Malaysia and Indonesia

Tropical forests-spatial pattern and change with time, as assessed by remote sensing

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