Tropical Forest Canopies

by Linsenmair, K. E.; Davis, J. J.; Fiala, B.; Speight, Martin R.

• ISBN13: 9780792370499
• ISBN10: 079237049X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Almost half of all life on earth may exist in the world's forest canopies. They may also play a vital role in maintaining the planet's climate, yet they remain largely unexplored owing to difficulties of access. They are renowned for their great diversity and role in forest functioning, yet there are still great gaps in the understanding of this 'last biological frontier'. This seminal book shows how canopy science is now in a position to answer many of the outstanding questions, among which are some of the most pressing environmental issues society is presently facing. It represents a major summary of the current understanding of canopy ecology, and maps a path forward into a greater understanding of tropical forest ecology and management at a time when the very future of this ecosystem is threatened by humanity's actions.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(4)
K.E. Linsenmair
Introduction -- Canopy science: time to shape up	5	(8)
A. Mitchell
Section 1 -- Sampling and Access
Alice grows up: canopy science in transition from Wonderland to Reality	13	(10)
S.L. Sutton
Forest canopy research: sampling problems, and some solutions	23	(16)
M.G. Barker
M.A. Pinard
Section 2 -- Plants in the Canopy
Plants in the forest canopy: some reflections on current research and future direction	39	(12)
M.D. Lowman
Epiphytes and their contribution to canopy diversity	51	(14)
J. Nieder
J. Prosperi
G. Michaloud
Plant size: an ignored parameter in epiphyte ecophysiology?	65	(8)
G. Schmidt
S. Stuntz
G. Zotz
Pollination and phenology of flowers in the canopy of two contrasting rain forest types in Amazonia, Colombia	73	(14)
A. van Dulmen
Section 3 -- Animals in the Canopy
Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: how much do we really know?	87	(22)
Y. Basset
Arboreal tropical forest vertebrates: current knowledge and research trends	109	(12)
R. Kays
A. Allison
Vertical stratification of figs and fig-eaters in a Bornean lowland rain forest: how is the canopy different?	121	(12)
M. Shanahan
S.G. Compton
Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest	133	(20)
C.H. Schulze
K.E. Linsenmair
K. Fiedler
The influence of anthropogenic disturbances on the structure of arboreal arthropod communities	153	(16)
A. Floren
K.E. Linsenmair
Seasonal changes in the canopy arthropod fauna in Rinorea beniensis in Budongo Forest, Uganda	169	(10)
T. Wagner
Arthropods in tropical oaks: differences in their spatial distributions within tree crowns	179	(14)
U. Simon
K.E. Linsenmair
Behaviour and ecology of birds in tropical rain forest canopies	193	(10)
H. Winkler
M. Preleuthner
Section 4 -- Hydrology, Microclimate and Light
Canopy processes: implications for transpiration, interception and splash induced erosion, ultimately for forest management and water resources	203	(12)
I.R. Calder
Modelling rainfall and canopy controls on net-precipitation beneath selectively-logged tropical forest	215	(16)
N.A. Chappell
K. Bidin
W. Tych
Micrometeorological conditions and canopy energy exchanges of a neotropical rain forest (Surumoni Crane Project, Venezuela)	231	(10)
J. Szarzynski
D. Anhuf
The influence of epiphyte cover on branch temperature in a tropical tree	241	(10)
M. Freiberg
Forest light and its influence on habitat selection	251	(12)
M. Thery
Section 5 -- Architecture
Methods to assess tropical rain forest canopy structure: an overview	263	(16)
F. Bongers
Tree architecture in a Bornean lowland rain forest: intraspecific and interspecific patterns	279	(14)
F.J. Sterck
F. Bongers
D.M. Newbery
Canopy surface topography in a French Guiana forest and the folded forest theory	293	(8)
P. Birnbaum
Crown typology and the identification of rain forest trees on large-scale aerial photographs	301	(12)
V. Trichon
Section 6 -- Education, Management and Conservation
The management implications of canopy research	313	(6)
N.E. Stork
Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation	319	(16)
E.K.V. Kalko
C.O. Handley, Jr.
Reproductive ecology of tropical forest trees in logged and fragmented habitats in Thailand and Costa Rica	335	(12)
J. Ghazoul
M. McLeish
Edge effects and tropical forest canopy invertebrates	347	(14)
A. Foggo
C.M.P. Ozanne
M.R. Speight
C. Hambler
Enhancement of forest canopy research, education, and conservation in the new millennium	361	(8)
N.M. Nadkarni
Subject Index	369