Neotropical Gradients and Their Analysis - Randall W. Myster
English | 2023 | 473 Pages | ISBN: 3031228472 | True PDF | 23.97 MB
English | 2023 | 473 Pages | ISBN: 3031228472 | True PDF | 23.97 MB
The importance of the Neotropics to the world's climate, biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity cannot be questioned. This book suggests that gradients are key to understanding both these issues and Neotropical ecosystem structure, function and dynamics in general. Those gradients are either spatial, temporal or spatio-temporal, where many temporal and spatio-temporal gradients are initiated by disturbances (e.g., tree-fall, landslide, cultivation). And in particular for the Neotropics, three large spatial gradients - latitude, longitude, altitude (elevation) - are of critical importance…