Ebook: Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest: Sarawak Studies
- Tags: Ecology, Plant Ecology, Terrestial Ecology, Nature Conservation
- Series: Ecological Studies 174
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the first time. The focus of this unique volume is on plant-animal interactions and some of the foundations that create and maintain tropical diversity, especially pollination and the phenomenon of the General Flowering. The work discussed has implications for tropical biology, ecology and pollination studies. The power of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events and drought, particularly in their effects on mutualisms, are discussed in detail.
The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the first time. The focus of this unique volume is on plant-animal interactions and some of the foundations that create and maintain tropical diversity, especially pollination and the phenomenon of the General Flowering. The work discussed has implications for tropical biology, ecology and pollination studies. The power of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events and drought, particularly in their effects on mutualisms, are discussed in detail.
The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the first time. The focus of this unique volume is on plant-animal interactions and some of the foundations that create and maintain tropical diversity, especially pollination and the phenomenon of the General Flowering. The work discussed has implications for tropical biology, ecology and pollination studies. The power of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events and drought, particularly in their effects on mutualisms, are discussed in detail.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Large Processes with Small Targets: Rarity and Pollination in Rain Forests....Pages 1-12
The Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak: Scope, Methods, and Merit....Pages 13-21
Soil-Related Floristic Variation in a Hyperdiverse Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 22-34
Plant Reproductive Phenology and General Flowering in a Mixed Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 35-50
A Severe Drought in Lambir Hills National Park....Pages 51-64
The Plant-Pollinator Community in a Lowland Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 65-72
Floral Resource Utilization by Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini)....Pages 73-88
Honeybees in Borneo....Pages 89-103
Beetle Pollination in Tropical Rain Forests....Pages 104-110
Seventy-Seven Ways to Be a Fig: Overview of a Diverse Plant Assemblage....Pages 111-127
Ecology of Traplining Bees and Understory Pollinators....Pages 128-133
Vertebrate-Pollinated Plants....Pages 134-144
Insect Predators of Dipterocarp Seeds....Pages 145-157
Diversity of Anti-Herbivore Defenses in Macaranga ....Pages 158-171
Coevolution of Ants and Plants....Pages 172-177
Lowland Tropical Rain Forests of Asia and America: Parallels, Convergence, and Divergence....Pages 178-190
Lambir’s Forest: The World’s Most Dive Known Tree Assemblage?....Pages 191-216
Toward the Conservation of Tropical Forests....Pages 217-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-307
The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the first time. The focus of this unique volume is on plant-animal interactions and some of the foundations that create and maintain tropical diversity, especially pollination and the phenomenon of the General Flowering. The work discussed has implications for tropical biology, ecology and pollination studies. The power of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events and drought, particularly in their effects on mutualisms, are discussed in detail.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Large Processes with Small Targets: Rarity and Pollination in Rain Forests....Pages 1-12
The Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak: Scope, Methods, and Merit....Pages 13-21
Soil-Related Floristic Variation in a Hyperdiverse Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 22-34
Plant Reproductive Phenology and General Flowering in a Mixed Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 35-50
A Severe Drought in Lambir Hills National Park....Pages 51-64
The Plant-Pollinator Community in a Lowland Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 65-72
Floral Resource Utilization by Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini)....Pages 73-88
Honeybees in Borneo....Pages 89-103
Beetle Pollination in Tropical Rain Forests....Pages 104-110
Seventy-Seven Ways to Be a Fig: Overview of a Diverse Plant Assemblage....Pages 111-127
Ecology of Traplining Bees and Understory Pollinators....Pages 128-133
Vertebrate-Pollinated Plants....Pages 134-144
Insect Predators of Dipterocarp Seeds....Pages 145-157
Diversity of Anti-Herbivore Defenses in Macaranga ....Pages 158-171
Coevolution of Ants and Plants....Pages 172-177
Lowland Tropical Rain Forests of Asia and America: Parallels, Convergence, and Divergence....Pages 178-190
Lambir’s Forest: The World’s Most Dive Known Tree Assemblage?....Pages 191-216
Toward the Conservation of Tropical Forests....Pages 217-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-307
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