La Selva: ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest.
La Selva: ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest.
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DOI：
10.2307/2996404
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发表时间：
1995
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通讯作者：
A. Greller;L. McDade;K. Bawa;H. Hespenheide;G. Hartshorn
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作者：
A. Greller;L. McDade;K. Bawa;H. Hespenheide;G. Hartshorn
拉塞尔瓦是哥斯达黎加的一个自然保护区和野外考察站，是世界上研究最深入、了解最透彻的热带野外考察点之一。30多年来，拉塞尔瓦一直是雨林生态学、植物群和动物群研究的主要焦点。这卷提供了一个全面的审查这项研究，包括拉塞尔瓦的地理历史和物理环境，其植物和动物的生活，农业发展和土地利用。汇集了丰富的信息，“拉塞尔瓦”提供了一个实质性的处理生态雨林。第一部分概述了对雨林的物理环境和环境的研究，以及研究站的历史。这一部分的一些章节侧重于气候，地貌和水生系统，而其他章节则关注土壤，养分获取和能量循环。第2部分综合了对植物群落的了解。它以植被类型和植物多样性的章节开始，还探讨了植物人口学，树木的空间格局，以及树落间隙对森林结构和动态的影响。其他章节涉及植物生理生态学，以及植物生殖系统。第三部分介绍动物群落，概述该区域六种最著名的动物分类群：鱼类、两栖动物、爬行动物、鸟类、哺乳动物和蝴蝶。这一部分包括在拉塞尔瓦动物群研究的概述和动物种群生物学，其中探讨动物的人口和丰度，以及捕食者和猎物之间的相互作用的一章。第4部分讨论了植物和动物之间的相互作用以及这些相互作用对物种多样性的影响。第5部分审议了土地使用和农业发展对拉塞尔瓦和哥斯达黎加其他地区的影响。其中一章探讨了萨拉皮基的土地殖民化和保护，另一章涉及大西洋低地地区的生计和商业农业发展，第三章探讨了哥斯达黎加东北部的林业。这一部分还评估了拉塞尔瓦的作用和研究重点。“La Selva”为La Selva的学生和研究人员提供了热带生态学的介绍，这是在其他热带地区工作的生物学家的主要比较信息来源，也是自然资源保护主义者的资源。
La Selva, a nature reserve and field station in Costa Rica, is one of the most intensively studied and best-understood tropical field sites in the world. For over 30 years, La Selva has been a major focus of research on rainforest ecology, flora and fauna. This volume provides a comprehensive review of this research, covering La Selva's geographical history and physical setting, its plant and animal life, and agricultural development and land use. Drawing together a wealth of information, "La Selva" offers a substantive treatment of the ecology of a rainforest. Part 1 summarizes research on the physical setting and environment of the rainforest, as well as the history of the research station. Some chapters in this part focus on climate, geomorphology and aquatic systems, while others look at soils, nutrient acquisition and cycles of energy. Part 2 synthesizes what is known about the plant community. It begins with chapters on vegetation types and plant diversity, and also explores plant demography, spatial patterns of trees, and the impact of treefall gaps on forest structure and dynamics. Other chapters address plant physiological ecology, as well as plant reproductive systems. Part 3 covers the animal community, summarizing information on the six best-known animal taxa of the region: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and butterflies. This part includes an overview of faunal studies at La Selva and a chapter on animal population biology, which examines animal demography and abundance, and interactions between predators and prey. Part 4 addresses interactions between plants and animals and the effects of these interactions on species diversity. Part 5 considers the impact of land use and agricultural development on La Selva and other areas of Costa Rica. One chapter examines land colonization and conservation in Sarapiqui, another covers subsistence and commercial agricultural development in the Atlantic lowlands region, and a third looks at the forest industry in north-eastern Costa Rica. This part also assesses the role and research priorities of La Selva. "La Selva" provides an introduction to tropical ecology for students and researchers at La Selva, a major source of comparative information for biologists working in other tropical areas, and a resource for conservationists.