Ecological Studies in a Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem

The book covers production ecology, forest ecology, fire ecology and conservation in Nigeria but applicable in other locations. The production ecology covers biomass production, litter fall and nutrient content. Forest ecology covers areas of quantitative ecology. Fire ecology looks into various fire regime, forest structure, biomass, litter fall and soil nutrient content. Conservation looks into the methodologies of conserving forest genetic resources including in-situ, ex-situ, meristem culture, pollen culture and discusses the relative advantages of using such methodologies to conservation. The book also deals with monitoring of forest ecosystems as well as the role of taxonomy in cultivated plants.