In recent years, tropical forests have received more attention and have been the subject of greater environmental concern than any other kind of vegetation. The
The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of ‘the rain forest’ as a single, uniform entity.
Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical r
Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the for