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Summary
Summary
When this book was first published in 1978, tropical forests were unquestionably the largest scientifically unexplored region of the world, and being rapidly depleted by short-term exploitation. Species were being rendered extinct at a rate that is probably greater than the rate at which they are being discovered. This book is an assessment of scientific knowledge of tropical tree biology - construction, development, physiology, reproductive biology and evolution - set against a background of community ecology and forest structure. Its emphasis is on the study of the individual tree as a living system integrated into the larger forest community. The book publishes the results of the Fourth Cabot Symposium held at the Harvard Forest in 1976 and presents the special knowledge of the participants, each an expert in a special field. Much of the subject matter is presented in the form of reviews, making information easily accessible to an interested nonspecialist audience.
Table of Contents
| List of contributors |
| List of chairmen of sessions and discussions |
| ForewordLawrence Bogorad |
| Editorial preface |
| Part I Origins and Variations |
| 1 Fossil evidence on the evolutionary origin of tropical trees and forestsJames A. Doyle |
| 2 Geographic variations in tropical tree speciesTrevor Whiffin |
| Part II Reproduction and Demography |
| 3 Chemical aspects of the pollination biology of woody plants in the tropicsHerbert G. Baker |
| 4 Seeding patterns of tropical treesDaniel H. Janzen |
| 5 Strategies of establishment in Malayan forest treesF. S. P. Ng |
| 6 Studies on the demography of tropical treesJosé Sarukhán |
| Part III Architecture and Construction |
| 7 Branching and axis differentiation in tropical treesP. B. Tomlinson |
| 8 Architectural variation at the specific level in tropical treesFrancis Hallé |
| 9 Modular construction and its distribution in tropical woody plantsMarie-Françoise Prévost |
| 10 Architecture of the New Caledonian species of AraucariaJean-Marie Veillon |
| 11 Growth forms of rain forest palmsJohn Dransfield |
| 12 Araliaceae: growth forms and shoot morphologyW. R. Philipson |
| 13 A quantitative study of Terminalia branchingJack B. Fisher |
| Part IV Roots, Leaves, and Abscission |
| 14 Roots and root systems in tropical trees: morphologic and ecologic aspectsJan Jenik |
| 15 On the adaptive significance of compound leaves, with particular reference to tropical treesThomas J. Givnish |
| 16 Abscission strategies in the behavior of tropical treesFredrick T. Addicott |
| Part V Organizational Control |
| 17 Formation of the trunk in woody plantsP. Champagnat |
| 18 Multiple growth correlations in phanerogamsR. Nozeran |
| 19 Relation of climate to growth periodicity in tropical treesPaulo de T. Alvim and Ronald Alvim |
| 20 Control of shoot extension and dormancy: external and internal factorsK. A. Longman |
| 21 Feedback control and age-related changes of shoot growth in seasonal and nonseasonal climatesRolf Borchert |
| 22 Structural requirements for optimal water conduction in tree stems MartinH. Zimmmermann |
| Part VI Community Interactions |
| 23 Architecture and energy exchange of dicotyledonous trees in the forest RoelofA. A. Oldeman |
| 24 Community architecture and organic matter dynamics in tropical lowland rain forests of Southeast Asia with special reference to Pasoh Forest, West MalaysiaTatuo Kira |
| 25 Crown characteristics of tropical treesP. S. Ashton |
| 26 Tree falls and tropical forest dynamicsGary S. Hartshorn |
| 27 Gaps in the forest canopyT. C. Whitmore |
| Index to subjects and plant genera |
