Author: KITCHING, R. ed.
Title: The Ecology of Australia's Wet Tropics. Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane August 25-27, 1986.
Description: Surrey Beatty and Sons, 1988. Paperback. Small 4to. Slight bump to spine, otherwise good condition. Part of the Proceedings of the ecological Society of Australia, volume 15. Includes papers on Origin and evolution of rainforest biogeographic diversity using evidence from the Proteaceae; Solar radiation regimes in north Queensland rainforest; Beetle pollination in Australian tropical rainforests; The temporal distribution of butterfly species richness in a subtropical region of Australia; A comparison of Australian tropical rainforest and tertiary fossil leaf-beds; Comparisons of the extent of fire in different land management systems in the Top End of the Northern Territory; Enviromental relationships and floristic and structural change in some unlogged tropical rainforest plots of north Queensland; Soil nitrogen mineralization under closed and open forests on Fraser Island; The influence of seed predators on structure and succession in tropical tidal forests; Initial effects of tropical cyclone 'Winifred' on forests in north Queensland; Recovery of subtropical rainforest following storm damage etc. 326pp. ISBN 0909436061.

Keywords: soil organic matter tropics tropical ecosystems science wet ecology