1st Edition

Tropical Resources Ecology and Development

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1990 Tropical Resources presents in-depth coverage of the extremely diverse tropical environments, the resources to be found within the region and their production, and ecological management. The book discusses economic geography and ways of utilizing available resources, including those of tropical forests, wildlife, tidal wetlands and the sea. The book also include... Read more

1. Environments, Production and Resources, R.D. Hill

2. Tropical Soils: Distribution, Properties and Management, R. Lal

3. Ecological Processes in Tropical Forest, Frank B. Golley

4. Tropical Forest Resources, E.F. Bruenig

5. Tropical Wildlife Resources, S.K. Eltringham

6. Tidal Wetland Resources in the Tropics, Peter R. Burbridge

7. Marine Resources in the Tropics, S.Z. Qasim and M.V. Wafar

8. Impacts of Economic Development and Population Change on Thailand’s Forests, Peter Kunstadter

9. Protected Areas, Development, and Land Use in the Tropics, Jeffrey A. McNeely and John R. MacKinnon

10. Ecological Aspects of Tropical Pasture Resources, M. Numamta

11. Tropical Agroforestry Systems and Practices, P.K.R. Nair

12. Tropical Reservoir Fisheries, T.O. Petr and James M. Kapetsky

13. Aquaculture in Tropical Asia, Rafael D. Guerro III

14. Marine Regulated Areas: An Expanded Approach for the Tropics, Nicholas V.C. Polunin

Author Index

Subject Index

Biography

Jose I. Furtado, William B. Morgan, James R. Pfafflin, Kenneth Ruddle