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Journal articles on the topic "Rain forest ecology Australia"

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Martin, K. C., and W. J. Freeland. "Herpetofauna of a northern Australian monsoon rain forest: seasonal changes and relationships to adjacent habitats." Journal of Tropical Ecology 4, no. 3 (August 1988): 227–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400002790.

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ABSTRACTThe herpetofauna of a floodplain monsoon rain forest in northern Australia is composed primarily of species from non rain forest habitats. The majority of frog species use rain forest as a seasonal refuge, and there is a marked increase in numbers during the dry season. Faunal richness lies within limits expected on the basis of the length of the dry season and species richnesses of non-Australian faunas. There are few lizard species and an abundance of frog species (none of which is a rain forest specialist) in comparison to rain forest herpetofaunas in other tropical regions. The impoverished lizard fauna, and the paucity of rain forest specialists may be because (a) seasonal invasion of rain forest by frogs prevents evolution of, or colonization by, specialists or (b) rain forest specialists may not have been able to cross semiarid habitats separating the Northern Territory from eastern Australian rain forests. The herpetofaunas of monsoon forests in Cape York Peninsula may provide a means of distinguishing between these hypotheses.

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Banfai, Daniel S., and David M. J. S. Bowman. "Drivers of rain-forest boundary dynamics in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia: a field assessment." Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, no. 1 (January 2007): 73–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467406003701.

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Understanding the causes of savanna–forest dynamics is vital as small but widespread changes in the extent of tropical forests can have major impacts on global climate, biodiversity and human well-being. Comparison of aerial photographs for 50 rain-forest patches in Kakadu National Park had previously revealed a landscape-wide monotonic expansion of rain-forest boundaries between 1964 and 2004. Here floristic, structural, environmental and disturbance attributes of the changes were investigated by sampling 588 plots across 30 rain-forest patches. Areas that had changed from savanna to rain forest were associated with a significantly higher abundance of rain-forest trees and less grasses, relative to stable savanna areas. Ordination analyses showed that overall floristic composition was not significantly different between newly established rain forest and longer established rain forest. Generalized linear models also indicated that contemporary levels of disturbance (fire and feral animal impact) and environmental variables (slope and soil texture) were poor predictors of historical vegetation change. We concluded that (1) the rain-forest boundaries are highly dynamic at the decadal scale; (2) rain-forest expansion is consistent with having been driven by global environmental change phenomena such as increases in rainfall and atmospheric CO2; and (3) expansion will continue if current climatic trends and management conditions persist.

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J. Metcalfe, D., and A. J. Ford. "A Re-evaluation of Queensland?s Wet Tropics based on ?Primitive? Plants." Pacific Conservation Biology 15, no. 2 (2009): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc090080.

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The diversity of angiosperms in primitive families, which occur in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, is frequently cited as evidence of the ancient nature of the Australian rain forests, but appears to be based on flawed taxonomic assumptions. We point out the error of identifying species as being primitive rather than representing families with ancient origins, list the families from near-basal lineages using a current molecular phylogeny, and compare their diversity with other areas of rain forest in Australia, and with other tropical areas in the Pacific. Twenty-eight dicot families below the eudicot clade may be regarded as near-basal; 16 of these are present in rain forest habitat in the Wet Tropics. The diversity of near-basal families, and of the species and endemics within these families, is similar in New Caledonia, and the family diversity similar to Costa Rica. We suggest that these data are consistent with other evidence that rain forest has persisted on the Australian continent for a long time, and that the role of Australian rain forests in harbouring a significant near-basal component has been underestimated. We also suggest that ongoing management might be focussed at conserving the evolutionary history present in the near-basal lineages, especially in the face of changing climatic patterns.

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van Ingen, Laura T., Ricardo I. Campos, and Alan N. Andersen. "Ant community structure along an extended rain forest–savanna gradient in tropical Australia." Journal of Tropical Ecology 24, no. 4 (July 2008): 445–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467408005166.

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AbstractIn mixed tropical landscapes, savanna and rain-forest vegetation often support contrasting biotas, and this is the case for ant communities in tropical Australia. Such a contrast is especially pronounced in monsoonal north-western Australia, where boundaries between rain forest and savanna are often extremely abrupt. However, in the humid tropics of north-eastern Queensland there is often an extended gradient between rain forest and savanna through eucalypt-dominated tall open forest. It is not known if ant community structure varies continuously along this gradient, or, if there is a major disjunction, where it occurs. We address this issue by sampling ants at ten sites distributed along a 6-km environmental gradient from rain forest to savanna, encompassing the crest and slopes of Mt. Lewis in North Queensland. Sampling was conducted using ground and baited arboreal pitfall traps, and yielded a total of 95 ant species. Mean trap species richness was identical in rain forest and rain-forest regrowth, somewhat higher in tall open forest, and twice as high again in savanna woodland. The great majority (78%) of the 58 species from savanna woodland were recorded only in this habitat type. MDS ordination of sites based on ant species composition showed a continuum from rain forest through rain-forest regrowth to tall open forest, and then a discontinuity between these habitat types and savanna woodland. These findings indicate that the contrast between rain forest and savanna ant communities in tropical Australia is an extreme manifestation of a broader forest-savanna disjunction.

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Parker, Paul K. "Australian Rain-forest Subdivisions and Conservation Strategies." Environmental Conservation 14, no. 1 (1987): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900011085.

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The subdivision of Australian tropical rain-forest into one- and two-hectares' residential blocks changes the local ecology in a dramatic manner. It opens the canopy, changes the humidity regime, decimates ancient climax vegetation, and introduces weed species. As a result, the practice is incompatible with the objectives alike of the World Conservation Strategy and the National Conservation Strategy for Australia. Government intervention will be required if the Strategy is to be implemented. The first step towards implementation is the evaluation of current and proposed practices. A brief analysis of the incidence of costs and benefits demonstrates the skewed distribution which results from rain-forest subdivision. A few sellers and promoters receive millions of dollars in capital gains, while millions of other people lose the public and recreational benefits offered by the existing rain-forest, and the world as a whole loses much of scientific value. The information gained by this brief analysis provides the Government with a better basis on which to act than heretofore.

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Russell-Smith, J., D. E. Lucas, J. Brock, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. "Allosyncarpia-dominated rain forest in monsoonal northern Australia." Journal of Vegetation Science 4, no. 1 (February 1993): 67–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3235734.

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COLLOFF, MATTHEW J. "A review of the oribatid mite family Nothridae in Australia, with new species of Novonothrus and Trichonothrus from rain forest and their Gondwanan biogeo-graphical affinities (Acari: Oribatida)." Zootaxa 3005, no. 1 (August 26, 2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3005.1.1.

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The Nothridae of Australia hitherto consisted of the semi-cosmopolitan Nothrus anauniensis, Novonothrus flagellatus and an un-named Novonothrus species. This paper contains additional records of N. anauniensis and descriptions of five new species of Novonothrus, including immatures (N. barringtonensis sp. nov., N. coronospinosus sp. nov., N. glabriseta sp. nov., N. nothofagii sp. nov. and N. silvanus sp. nov.), a genus known from Australia, New Zealand and Chile. A key to Novonothrus is provided and the genus redefined. A second species of Trichonothrus (T. hallidayi sp. nov.), is described, representing a new generic record for Australia: Trichonothrus was previously known only from South Africa. Supplementary descriptions are given for Novonothrus flagellatus Hammer, 1966 and Trichonothrus austroafricanus Mahunka, 1986. The Australian record of the former species is based on a misidentification of the species described herein as N. glabriseta sp. nov. and N. flagellatus appears to be confined to New Zealand. Three species groups are proposed for Novonothrus: Barringtonensis (N. barringtonensis, N. nothofagii and N. silvanus) from central New South Wales and Victoria; Puyehue (N. glabriseta from Tasmania, N. puyehue, N. covarrubiasi and N. kethleyi from Valdivian temperate rain forest in Chile) and Flagellatus (N. coronospinosus from northern New South Wales and N. flagellatus from native forest, including Nothofagus, in New Zealand). Novonothrus and Trichonothrus show a relict Gondwanan distribution and are associated with indigenous wet forests. In Australia, members of these genera have been recorded mostly from cool tem-perate Nothofagus rain forest. The relatively high diversity of sexual species of Nothrina in Australian temperate rain forests is contrasted with high diversity of thelytokous parthenogenetic species in temperate Northern Hemisphere localities and is discussed in relation to differences in palaeoclimate and environmental history.

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Hill, Christopher J., Andrew N. Gillison, and Rhondda E. Jones. "The spatial distribution of rain forest butterflies at three sites in North Queensland, Australia." Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, no. 01 (February 1992): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400006064.

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ABSTRACTSurveys of the microhabitat distribution of adult butterfly species were undertaken at three rain forest sites in North Queensland, Australia, encompassing a range of rain forest vegetation types. These surveys found little evidence for a specialist canopy fauna. Most species recorded in the canopy were often seen close to the ground. At all sites, most species were observed at the edge of the rain forest habitat; within the rain forest, more species were observed near the ground than in the canopy.

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Parsons, Scott A., and Robert A. Congdon. "Plant litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in north Queensland tropical rain-forest communities of differing successional status." Journal of Tropical Ecology 24, no. 3 (May 2008): 317–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467408004963.

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Abstract:Soil processes are essential in enabling forest regeneration in disturbed landscapes. Little is known about whether litterfall from dominating pioneer species in secondary rain forest is functionally equivalent to that of mixed rain-forest litter in terms of contribution to soil processes. This study used the litterbag technique to quantify the decomposition and nutrient dynamics of leaf litter characteristic of three wet tropical forest communities in the Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Australia over 511 d. These were: undisturbed primary rain forest (mixed rain-forest species), selectively logged secondary rain forest (pioneer Alphitonia petriei) and tall open eucalypt forest (Eucalyptus grandis). Mass loss, total N, total P, K, Ca and Mg dynamics of the decaying leaves were determined, and different mathematical models were used to explain the mass loss data. Rainfall and temperature data were also collected from each site. The leaves of A. petriei and E. grandis both decomposed significantly slower in situ than the mixed rain-forest species (39%, 38% and 29% ash-free dry mass remaining respectively). Nitrogen and phosphorus were immobilized, with 182% N and 134% P remaining in E. grandis, 127% N and 132% P remaining in A. petriei and 168% N and 121% P remaining in the mixed rain-forest species. The initial lignin:P ratio and initial lignin:N ratio exerted significant controls on decomposition rates. The exceptionally slow decomposition of the pioneer species is likely to limit soil processes at disturbed tropical rain-forest sites in Australia.

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Osunkoya, Olusegun O., Julian E. Ash, Andrew W. Graham, and Mike S. Hopkins. "Growth of tree seedlings in tropical rain forests of North Queensland, Australia." Journal of Tropical Ecology 9, no. 1 (February 1993): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400006891.

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ABSTRACTThe effects of forest habitat, canopy light condition, vertebrate herbivory and species mean seed size on growth of tree seedlings were evaluated for six widely different species of North Queensland tropical rain forests. Two forest localities differing in size and rainfall intensity were used for the trial. In each forest, seedlings were transplanted three weeks after germination into small to medium-sized canopy gaps and into the forest interiors, with half protected by cages and the other half unprotected. Growth measurements were made over a period of 16 months. All growth parameters examined differed significantly between the six species. At the end of the study period, for most species, forest site and protection from vertebrates did not affect seedling biomass. For all species, growth was higher in gaps than in forest interior, but most biomass allocation patterns did not differ between the two habitats. This was attributed to the small difference in photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) levels between the two habitats (interior, 0.48–2.53% PAR; gap, 3.58–7.09% PAR). Between species, seedling growth in the forest interior and sensitivity to increasing light were significantly correlated with initial mean seed size. The growth ability of the six species in and out of canopy gaps is discussed in terms of regeneration status of forest tree species.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Rain forest ecology Australia"

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Greenwood, David Robert. "The foliar physiognomic analysis and taphonomy of leaf beds derived from modern Australia rainforest." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg8165.pdf.

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McDonald, M. Christine. "Ecosystem resilience and the restoration of damaged plant communities : a discussion focusing on Australian case studies /." View thesis, 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030625.095246/index.html.

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Levy, Ruth. "Community structure of ants in Brunei rain forest." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240586.

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Green, James J. "Fine root dynamics in a Bornean rain forest." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335307.

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Hausmann, Franziska. "The utility of linear riparian rainforest for vertebrates on the Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands, North Queensland /." Click here to access, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050115.105740.

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Thesis (M.Phil.) -- Griffith University, 2004.
Facsimile of the author's original dissertation. Pagination of document: x, 121 leaves. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online via the World Wide Web.

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Malvido-Benitez, Julieta. "The ecology of seedlings in Central Amazonian forest fragments." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361691.

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Manokaran, N. "Population dynamics of tropical forest trees." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 1988. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59678.

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Brinkley, Nancy Jane. "Rain forest curriculum for upper elementary and middle grades." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1267.

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Sheil, D. "The ecology of long term change in a Ugandan rain forest." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318868.

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Wan, Ahmad Wan Juliana. "Habitat specialisation of tree species in a Malaysian tropical rain forest." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368534.

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This thesis investigates the relationship between spatial distribution of tropical trees and variation in edaphic factors, particularly soil nutrient supply, and tests the importance of interspecific differences in growth rates and foliar nutrient concentrations as determinants of habitat specialisation. The distribution of some tree species at Pasoh Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia, was correlated with variation in soil properties, especially available P concentrations, on a 50 ha plot. Seeding relative growth rates were highest on the alluvial soils, which had higher available P than the shale-derived soils in the absence of nutrient addition. The effect of habitat variation (characterised in terms of their nutrient and water availability) on tree growth of 115 species was examined within and between species. Overall, differences in tree growth rates between habitats correspond to variation in the pattern of nutrient supply and not water availability. Despite significant differences in growth rates between habitat types for some of the species, the differences in tree growth were a poor indicator of habitat preferences of tree species as defined by bias in their spatial distribution. Foliar nutrient concentrations of habitat generalists and two kinds of habitat specialists (alluvial and non-alluvial specialists) were compared using phylogenetically controlled comparisons. Sign tests showed only one significant difference in mean foliar nutrient (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) concentrations between distribution categories. The distribution of the differences in foliar mg concentrations between habitat generalists and alluvial specialists was significant at P < 0.05 and suggested that Mg concentrations were significantly greater in the habitat generalists. These results suggest that foliar nutrient concentrations are unlikely to explain differences between species in their habitat associations with respect to soil types at Pasoh.

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Books on the topic "Rain forest ecology Australia"

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Ritchie, Rod. Seeing the rainforests in 19th-century Australia. Sydney: Rainforest Pub., 1989.

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Floyd, A. G. Australian rainforests in New South Wales. Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia: S. Beatty in association with National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales, 1990.

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ill, Parish Steve, ed. Discover & learn about Australian forests and woodlands. [Archerfield, Qld.]: Steve Parish Pub., 2001.

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1934-, Cooper William T., ed. Visions of a rainforest: A year in Australia's tropical rainforest. NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

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1934-, Cooper William T., ed. Visions of a rainforest: A year in Australia's tropical rainforest. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 1993.

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W, Frith Dawn, ed. Australian tropical rainforest life. Paluma via Townsville, Queensland: Tropical Australia Graphics, 1986.

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Higgins, Geoff. Australia's rainforests. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Child & Associates, 1990.

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Australian rainforests. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992.

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Rainforest Conservation Society of Queensland. and Australian Heritage Commission, eds. Tropical rainforests of North Queensland: Their conservation significance : a report to the Australian Heritage Commission. Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1986.

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Pa shu de nü ren: Yi wei ke xue jia de ling lei sheng huo shi lu. Taibei Shi: Xian jue chu ban gu fen you xian gong si, 2001.

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Book chapters on the topic "Rain forest ecology Australia"

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Tropical Rain Forest." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 1–16. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_1.

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Mabberley, D. J. "Traditional Rain-Forest Use." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 205–20. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_8.

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Tropical Rain Forest." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 1–16. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3048-6_1.

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Mabberley, D. J. "Traditional Rain-Forest Use." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 205–20. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3048-6_8.

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Changing Forest Today." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 221–63. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_9.

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Changing Forest Today." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 221–63. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3048-6_9.

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Mabberley, D. J. "Postscript." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 264–67. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_10.

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Changing Physical Setting." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 17–30. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_2.

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Mabberley, D. J. "Soils and Nutrients." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 31–51. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_3.

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Mabberley, D. J. "The Changing Biological Framework." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, 52–79. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3672-7_4.

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