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245 00 $aTropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America :$ba comparative review /$cedited by Betty J. Meggers, Edward S. Ayensu, and W. Donald Duckworth.
260 0 $aWashington :$bSmithsonian Institution Press,$c1973.
300 $aviii, 350 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
500 $a"A symposium planned by the Association for Tropical Biology to be held in Ghana, West Africa, during February of 1971."
504 $aIncludes bibliographies.
505 0 $aPostdrifting Mesozoic floral evolution / T. Delevoryas -- Africa, the "odd man out" / Paul W. Richards -- Floristic relationships between tropical Africa and tropical America / Robert F. Thorne -- Angiosperm evolution and the relationship of the floras of Africa and America / Albert C. Smith -- Palms in the tropical forest ecosystems of Africa and South America / Harold E. Moore, Jr. -- Leguminous resin-producing trees in Africa and South America / Jean H. Langenheim -- Phytogeography and evolution of the Velloziaceae / Edward S. Ayensu -- Variation in the bottle gourd / Charles B. Heiser, Jr. -- Growth habits of tropical trees : some guiding principles / P.B. Tomlinson and A.M. Gill.
505 0 $a(cont.) Evolutionary relationships between flowering plants and animals in American and African tropical forests / Herbert G. Baker -- A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas / William L. Brown, Jr. -- The genesis and nature of tropical forest and savanna grasshopper faunas, with special reference to Africa / Nicholas D. Jago -- Diptera parasitic on vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara and in South America, and their medical significance / F. Zumpt -- Problems related to the transoceanic transport of insects, especially between the Amazon and Congo areas / C.G. Johnson and J. Bowden -- Limnology of the Congo and Amazon Rivers / G. Marlier -- Ecology of fishes in the Amazon and Congo basins / Tyson R. Roberts.
505 0 $a(cont.) Paleoclimates, relief, and species multiplication in equatorial forests / P.E. Vanzolini -- A parallel survey of equatorial amphibians and reptiles in Africa and South America / R.F. Laurent -- Birds of the Congo and Amazon forests : a comparison / Dean Amadon -- The comparative ecology of rain forest mammals in Africa and tropical America : some introductory remarks / François Bourlière -- Some considerations of biological adaptation by aboriginal man to the tropical rain forest / Frank W. Lowenstein -- Some problems of cultural adaptation in Amazonia, with emphasis on the pre-European period / Betty J. Meggers -- Recent human activities in the Brazilian Amazon region and their ecological effects / Harald Sioli -- The Congo basin as a habitat for man / Marvin P. Miracle -- Temperate zone influence on tropical forest land use : a plea for sanity / F.R. Fosberg.
650 0 $aForest ecology$zTropics.
650 0 $aForest ecology$zAfrica.
650 0 $aForest ecology$zSouth America.
700 1 $aMeggers, Betty Jane,$eed.
700 1 $aAyensu, Edward S.,$eed.
700 1 $aDuckworth, W. Donald,$eed.
710 2 $aAssociation for Tropical Biology.
700 1 $aMeggers, Betty Jane,$eeditor.
700 1 $aAyensu, Edward S.,$eeditor.
700 1 $aDuckworth, W. Donald,$eeditor.
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