Rainforest Books
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd Wildlife of the Australian Rainforests: A
Book SynopsisRainforests in Australia are found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. This beautifully illustrated guide explores 51 wildlife watching sites in 22 bioregions around Australia, with over 500 colour photographs and 28 maps. Sites are generally open to the public, (some may require permits). Detailed descriptions of the key vertebrate and invertebrate species that can be found in the rainforests are given, to enable easy identification and as a tool for the reader to gain a deeper understanding of their habits and biology. Concise information on each site includes location descriptions, GPS coordinates, travel options and distances, relevant fees and permits, and an overview of some of the main tracks and trails.
£21.25
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo: Hydrological Research at the Danum Valley Field Studies Center
Book SynopsisThis volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.Table of ContentsChapter. 1.- Long-term hydrological research in the humid tropics.- Chapter. 2.- The forests of the Danum Valley Conservation Area.- Chapter. 3.- The Danum hydrology project: origins, aims, context.- Chapter. 4.- The regional physiographical and land management context of the hydrology of Danum Valley.- Chapter. 5.- Rainfall and its interception by the forest.- Chapter. 6.- Overland flow.- Chapter. 7.- Infiltration, soil water and pipeflow.- Chapter. 8.- Origins of stream flow.- Chapter. 9.- Sediment supply and movement on slopes.- Chapter. 10.- Water, sediment and solutes in channels.- Chapter. 11.- Periodicity of Processes (Impact of extreme events: floods and drought).- Chapter. 12.- The lessons from the natural forest.- Chapter. 13.- The disturbance caused by logging.- Chapter. 14.- Impact of logging on interception and soil water.- Chapter. 15.- Changes to erosion rates and sediment yields during and after logging.- Chapter. 16.- Logging, stream flow, stream chemistry and sediment transport.- Chapter. 17.- Extreme events and the dynamics of logged catchments.- Chapter. 18.- Conclusions on the impacts of logging at Danum.- Chapter. 19.- Mitigating the effects of logging.- Chapter. 20.- The significance of hydrological and geomorphological processes for lowland tropical rainforest ecology.- Chapter. 21.- Conclusions from the Long-Term Ecological Research on hydrology at Danum.
£142.49
University of California Press Rainforest Corridors
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
£999.99
University of California Press Rainforest Corridors
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
£999.99
OR Books Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great
Book SynopsisTrees are crucial in preserving a liveable future. Canopy of Titans makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests.— Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world’s great forests. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting, Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforest’s capacity to store carbon, and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally, using an environmental justice perspective, Canopy of Titans shines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.Trade Review"We've understood that the Amazon rainforest is crucial to the planet–but as this very fine book makes clear, no more important than the great temperate forests of the Pacific coast, or indeed any of the other remaining big, intact woodlands of the earth. Big old trees eat up and store carbon at dizzying rates; leaving them standing, and growing more of them, is an essential part of balancing the planet's climate math." — Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
£15.29
Templar Publishing Up in the Canopy: Explore the Rainforest, Layer
Book SynopsisThis exquisite book explores one huge tree in the jungle, from roots to canopy... with a huge fold-out surprise at the end.Offering a perspective rarely seen, Up in the Canopy explores the rainforest layer by layer, as we climb the incredible Kapok tree - a 100-metre tropical tree in the heart of wildest South America - in search of the elusive Harpy eagle which lives almost exclusively at great heights. With artwork as rich and dense as the rainforest itself, there is much to explore at every level, and readers can scour the forest floor, understory and canopy for the world's rarest and most beautiful tropical creatures. Finally reaching the top, they are rewarded with the most magical sight... As told by James Aldred, author of The Man Who Climbed Trees, and published in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Trade ReviewAn absolutely gorgeously illustrated book, Up in the Canopy must be used in any geography lessons exploring the Amazon...an astonishing non-fiction book. An informative read, I loved how the reader feels a part of the book through exploring and climbing the Kapok tree. * Tom Griffith, Check Em Out Books *
£13.49
Flame Tree Publishing Rainforest Endangered
Book SynopsisRainforests are a natural wonder, our planet’s green lung. Rainforests are home to over half the world’s animal and plant species. Many of our everyday foods originate from these rich habitats, and rainforest plants are used in life-saving medicines. Most importantly, rainforests play a critical role in stabilising our climate; without them, life on Earth would be quite different. Yet, despite their vital importance, rainforests are disappearing at an increasingly alarming rate. This book celebrates these essential ecosystems, looking at both tropical and temperate rainforests around the world, providing a pictorial record of these living wonderlands before they are gone forever.
£26.05
Springer Verlag, Singapore Tropical Cloud Forest Ecology in Hainan Island
Book SynopsisThis book introduces ecology of tropical cloud forests in China, a high-altitudinal tropical forest. The findings are novel in revealing environmental characteristics, community features, diversity patterns, plant strategies, community assembly mechanisms, and diversity-ecosystem functions of tropical cloud forests in China. The knowledge of this book will bridge the gaps of our understanding on the tropical forest in China and the world-wide, and will enrich the theory of tropical forest community ecology.Written by experts in the field, this book will serve as an invaluable reference for tropical forest ecology researchers.Table of Contents
£999.99
