Ecology of SumatraTuttle Publishing, 26 jun 2012 - 583 páginas The Ecology of Sumatra distills for the first time the information found in nearly 1,500 scholarly works relevant to an understanding of the full range of natural and man-made ecosystems on the island—many of them available only in Dutch, German or Indonesian. It was originally prepared by a team working at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the University of North Sumatra to supplement existing documents. This new version is aimed at general readers and includes a section on recent development on Sumatra, as well as an additional bibliography of recent publications. It contains hundreds of line drawings, tables, maps and photographs. It is hoped that The Ecology of Sumatra will prove useful to resource managers, ecologists, environmental scientists and local government personnel, and be enlightening to Sumatra’s inhabitants and visitors. It should also be of great interest to anyone wanting to learn about Southeast Asian biology. |
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Part | |
Part | |
Other coastal ecosystems 115 | |
Rivers and lakes 129 | |
Physical patterns in lakes 137 | |
Peatswamp forests 167 | |
Uncommon lowland forest 253 | |
Mountains 277 | |
Caves 313 | |
Part C | |
Agricultural ecosystems 383 | |
Urban ecology 401 | |
Notes 419 | |
Index 459 | |
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Aceh algae animals aquatic Bangka Bangka Island bats biomass BIOTROP birds Bogor canopy cave climbers common coral crabs CRES team cycle defence compounds dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae dispersal distribution Ecology ecosystems effects environmental epiphytes fauna feed Figure fish flowers forest types freshwater fruit gibbons growing habitat heath forest herbivores hypolimnion increase Indonesia insects invertebrates ironwood Janzen Java Kemiri Kerinci Lake Kawar Lake Toba large numbers larvae leaf monkey leaves Leuser levels limestone live lowland forest MacKinnon major Malay mammals mangrove mangrove forest Medway mineral mountain nest North Sumatra nutrients occur orangutans organic oxygen Padang peat peatswamp forest Peninsular Malaysia pitcher plant species pollination population productivity rain forest rats Region relatively rivers roots Sarawak seed predators Siberut Siberut Island soil Steenis subalpine surface swamp temperature termites Toba tree species upper montane forest vegetation West Sumatra Whitmore Whitten zone