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

Much contemporary ecological research is being carried out in tropical communities - they are among the most species-rich and dynamic communities in the world. Special characteristics of tropical communities have been recognized - unpredictability at the individual and species level, the uniqueness of location and time period studied, and the importance of major chance environmental events. Tropical ecologists must now set these processes against the long-term directional changes that are happening regionally and globally to answer new questions. The demands on tropical ecologists are to be increasingly prescriptive rather than descriptive, and this presents new challenges. A new conceptual framework is required, and the authors and editors of this book hope to signal how such a framework might be developed.

Table of Contents:
Part I: 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 With 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 Rain Forest Trees -A Testable Hypothesis Or A Broken Down Band-Wagon Differential Effects Of Small-Scale Fishing On Predatory And Prey Fishes On Fijian Reefs Architecture And Development In Rain Forest Trees: Responses To Light Variation Limits To Tree Species Distributions In Lowland Tropical Rain Forest Community Structure And The Demography Of Primary Species In Tropical Rain Forest 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 Part II: Phenology And Dynamics Of An African Rain Forest At Korup, Cameroon; Primates, Phenology And Frugivory: Present, Past And Future Patterns In The Lope Reserve, Gabon; 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 Aboral Insectivorous Birds In African Savannahs Species Richness Of African Grazer Assemblages: Toward A Functional Explanation Niche Specificity Among Tropical Trees: A Question Of Scales Disturbance And Succession On The Krakatau Islands, Indonesia; Major Disturbances 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

Review :
"Quarante-cinq auteurs se sont partage la responsabilite des communiations. Le resultat est un fort volume ax references et a l'index consequents." Mammalia 2002