The Tropical Rain Forest A First Encounter /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
1988.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1988. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72793-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents: A Matter of Public Awareness
- How Rain Forests Are Studied
- Climate
- Soils and Cycles
- The Trees
- Other Life Forms
- Composition
- Primary and Secondary Forest
- Tropical America
- Malesia
- Tropical Africa
- Relationships of Plants and Animals
- Evolution
- How Species are Formed
- At the Fringes of the Rain Forest
- Values of the Rain Forest
- Damage and Destruction
- Protection
- Forest and Man
- References
- Name and Subject Index.