Biology

Monocotyledons ('monocots'), though comprising only one fourth of all flowering plant species, are economically and ecologically crucial. In families such as the grasses and palms, they include some of the most valuable plant species to humanity. Numerous monocot species have …

Concepts and simple empirical models that are useful in the study of the quantitative aspects of evolutionary ecology of plant - plant interactions are discussed and developed in this monograph by Christian Damgaard, and the use of simple empirical models …

This book, dedicated to the influential Danish spider ecologist Edwin Nørgaard, contains contributions by authors from 16 European countries, and reflects the current areas of interest for researchers working with spiders, scorpions and related animals in Europe. It contains 46 …

This study combines botany, ethnography and history to describe the use and administration of botanical resources on Puná Island in Ecuador. Evidence of sustained human settlements on the Island, strategically located in the Gulf of Guayaquil, date back more than …

Within Southeastasia there are over 1,000 species of palms and two centers of diversity. Sumatra, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula constituites one such center. The other is the world’s second largest island, New Guinea, which is estimated to have over …

This volume presents research and discussion papers which consider the analysis of population processes and modeling of the population dynamics related to beneficial predators and parasitoids in agroecosystems. Various papers are concerned with the influence of behaviour on population dynamics …

New one-volume edition of the classic documentation on the vegetation types of Southern Ecuador.

Tropical forests are objects of increasing interest as we realise more and more their importance for the global environment. Forestry studies in Uganda have so far solely been focused on trees, despite the fact that forest floor plants have the …