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245 10 a| Trees and forests of tropical Asiah| [electronic resource] :b| exploring Tapovan /c| Peter Ashton and David Lee.;

260 a| Chicago :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2022.;

300 a| xv, 460 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ;c| 24 cm;

500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| The Asian tropics -- Forests in the landscape -- Geology -- Climates -- Soils -- Plants of the Asian tropics -- Lowland everwet forests: structure and dynamics -- Forests of the seasonal tropics -- Tree species composition in tropical lowland forests -- Abode of the clouds -- Trees and their mobile links: pollination -- Trees and their mobile links: dispersal and survival -- Phylogeography -- Forest and tree diversity: why does it vary, and how is it maintained? -- People in the forest -- Forest history: the European influence -- Forest history: independence -- Future forests.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Exploring the Tapovan takes the reader on an expedition into the leafy, clammy, forested landscapes of tropical Asia. Peter Ashton and David Lee, two of the world's leading scholars on Asian tropical rain forests reveal the geology and climate that have produced these unique forests, the diversity of species that inhabit them, and the role of humans in modifying the landscapes over centuries. This work follows Peter Ashton's massive On the Forests of Tropical Asia, the first book to describe the forests of the entire tropical Asian region, from Sind to New Guinea. It provides a more condensed, accessible, and updated overview of tropical Asian forests aimed at students as well as tropical forest biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Trees and forests of tropical Asia exploring Tapovan / Peter Ashton and David Lee.

Author/creator	Ashton, Peter S.
Other author	Lee, David Webster, 1942-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Description	xv, 460 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Forests and forestry--Asia. Forests and forestry--Tropics. Forest ecology--Asia. Forest ecology--Tropics.

Contents	The Asian tropics -- Forests in the landscape -- Geology -- Climates -- Soils -- Plants of the Asian tropics -- Lowland everwet forests: structure and dynamics -- Forests of the seasonal tropics -- Tree species composition in tropical lowland forests -- Abode of the clouds -- Trees and their mobile links: pollination -- Trees and their mobile links: dispersal and survival -- Phylogeography -- Forest and tree diversity: why does it vary, and how is it maintained? -- People in the forest -- Forest history: the European influence -- Forest history: independence -- Future forests.
Abstract	"Exploring the Tapovan takes the reader on an expedition into the leafy, clammy, forested landscapes of tropical Asia. Peter Ashton and David Lee, two of the world's leading scholars on Asian tropical rain forests reveal the geology and climate that have produced these unique forests, the diversity of species that inhabit them, and the role of humans in modifying the landscapes over centuries. This work follows Peter Ashton's massive On the Forests of Tropical Asia, the first book to describe the forests of the entire tropical Asian region, from Sind to New Guinea. It provides a more condensed, accessible, and updated overview of tropical Asian forests aimed at students as well as tropical forest biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Includes index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021017524
ISBN	9780226535555 (cloth)
ISBN	9780226535692 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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