Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests

by Maarten Kappelle

Book Overview

Part I Introduction to Neotropical montane oak forests 1. Global and Neotropical distribution and diversity of oak (genus Quercus) and oak forests Kevin C. Nixon Part II Paleo-ecology and biogeography 2. Immigration of oak into northern South America: a paleo-ecological document Henry Hooghiemstra 3. Effects of the Younger Dryas cooling event on Late Quaternary montane oak forest in Costa Rica Gerald A. Islebe and Henry Hooghiemstra 4. Altitudinal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364206695X
• ISBN13: 9783642066955
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"