Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest LandscapeISBN: 978-1-4051-5643-1
Hardcover
652 pages
May 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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in the world. Every rainforest research scientist, natural resource management and local government
organization in theWet Tropics should have a copy in the office; it is comprehensive and essential." (Austral Ecology, 2011)
"Any biologist or conservation manager interested in tropical
forests cannot overlook this book, and will find
much of interest and value. Entomologists and naturalists planning
to visit northern Queensland will benefit from the perspective it
gives, in a synthesis of lasting value which-I hope-will be a
further stimulus to conservation of thisunique suite of
ecosystems." (Zentralblatt Math, 2010)
"There is probably no other volume that provides such a holistic and comprehensive perspective on the science, management, people, and economics of a tropical landscape.”( The Quarterly Review of Biology , September 2009)
"A comprehensive compendium of research information … .The real value of this book is all the information it gives for future sustainable management and conservation of the wet tropics." (Biologist, November 2008)
"...editors Nigel Stork and Steve Turton ask whether there are lessons from the Australian Wet Tropics that can be applied elsewhere? There certainly are! ...This book takes a uniquely comprehensive and therefore exemplary holistic approach to landscape science and sustainable management, and is a valuable contribution that will certainly attract interest throughout the world."–Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden