The rainforest edge : plant and soil ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil
- Title
- The rainforest edge : plant and soil ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil / edited by John Hemming.
- Published by
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1994.
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- Additional authors
- Description
- xvi, 186 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative title
- Rain forest edge
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction : the Maracá Rainforest Project / John Hemming -- The savannas of Maracá / John Proctor -- A semi-evergreen forest on Maracá Island I : physical environment, forest structure and floristics / Jill Thompson, John Proctor and Duncan A. Scott -- A semi-evergreen forest on Maracá Island II : litter and nutrient cycling / Duncan A. Scott, John Proctor and Jill Thompson -- Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in terra firme forest and savanna soils on Maracá Island / Robert H. Marrs [and others] -- Soil nutrients and organic matter in forest and savanna habitats on Maracá Island / Sheila M. Ross -- Soil and plant changes at the forest-savanna boundary on Maracá Island / Peter A. Furley and James A. Ratter -- Remote sensing and the establishment of a geographic information system for resource management on and around Maracá Island / Peter A. Furley, Thomas C.D. Dargie, and Christopher J. Place -- Pasture development on cleared forest land near Maracá Island / Michael J. Eden, Duncan F.M. McGregor and Nelson A.Q. Vieira -- A tentative interpretation of the quaternary geomorphology of Maracá Island, based on an analysis of soils developed on residua and drift deposits / Daniel M. Robison and Stephen Nortcliff.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.