Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change
This updated and expanded second edition of a much lauded work provides a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests. The authors also investigate past, present and future climatic influences on the ecosystems with the highest b
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Mark B. Bush, John R. Flenley, and William D. Gosling (Editors)
Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change (Second Edition)
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
Professor Mark B. Bush Department of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology 150 W. University Blvd. Melbourne Florida 32901 U.S.A.
Professor John R. Flenley Geography Programme School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
Dr William D. Gosling Department of Earth and Environment Sciences Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K.
SPRINGER–PRAXIS BOOKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ISBN 978-3-642-05382-5 e-ISBN 978-3-642-05383-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-05383-2 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011923533 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 First Edition published 2007 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Jim Wilkie Project management: OPS Ltd., Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk, U.K. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science þ Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Preface to Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xiii
Preface to First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xv
List of figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix
List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii List of editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cretaceous and Tertiary climate change and the past distribution of megathermal rainforests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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R. J. Morley
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
1.6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Differences between Quaternary and Tertiary megathermal forests . . . . .
