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Rain Forest Ecology
Discovering nature's wonder
An interview with Jaboury Ghazoul on Mongabay.com
New book!
Ghazoul, J. and Sheil, D. 2010. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity and Conservation. Oxford University Press.
New Publications
Ismail, S., J. Ghazoul, G. Ravikanth, R. Uma Shaanker, C. G. Kushalappa and C. J. Kettle (2012). Does long-distance pollen dispersal preclude inbreeding in tropical trees? Fragmentation genetics of Dysoxylum malabaricum in an agro-forest landscape. Molecular Ecology 21(22): 5484-5496.
Garcia-Ulloa, J., Sloan, S., Pacheco, P., Ghazoul, J. & Koh, L.P. (2012). Lowering environmental costs of oil-palm expansion in Colombia. Conserv Lett. 5, 366-375.
Finger, A., Kettle, C.J., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Forest fragmentation genetics in a formerly widespread island endemic tree: Vateriopsis seychellarum (Dipterocarpaceae). Molecular Ecology, 21, 2369-2382.
Ghazoul, J. (2012) The challenge of inferring palaeoclimates from extant plant distributions: an example from Dipterocarpus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 173, 80-81.
Hennig, E.I. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Pollinating animals in the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems, 15, 149-166.
Humbert, J.-Y., Ghazoul, J., Richner, N., Walter, T. (2012) Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans. Biological Conservation, in press.
Example exam questions
Lecture Notes
| Lecture 1: | The value of rain forests (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 2: | The origins of rain forests (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 3: | The variety of rain forests (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 4: | The variety of life (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 5: | Presentations of EM research projects in the tropics |
| Lecture 6: | Interactions in the rain forests (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 7: | The distribution of species and Species diversity gradients (pdf) (pdf) |
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Lecture 8: |
Ecological hypotheses for species co-existence (pdf) |
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Lecture 9: |
Coexistence Mechanisms and Environmental Change (pdf) |
| Lecture 10: | Humans in the rain forests (pdf) |
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Lecture 11: |
Sustainable forest management (pdf)
Management through sustainable use of NTFPs (pdf) |
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Lecture 12: |
The future of tropical rainforests (ppp, pdf) |
| Lecture 13: | Exam |
Literature
Articles on land sharing and land sparing:
Collected general articles on the land sharing and land sparing debate (pdf)
Ghazoul et al. 2010 Conservation Biology (pdf)
Phalan et al. 2011 Science (pdf)
Balmford et al. 2005 Conservation Biology (pdf)
Articles on roads in rainforests:
Collected general articles on roads in rainforests (pdf)
Articles by Laurance et al 2008, 2009 (pdf, pdf)
Nepstad et al. 2001 Forest Ecology and Management (pdf)
A comprehensive review, with many case studies, of the benefits of rural roads for poverty alleviation in the tropics (most useful information is in the Introduction and Conclusion) (pdf)
General course texts:
Ghazoul J. and D. Sheil 2010: Tropical rain forest diversity, ecology and conservation. Oxford University press, Oxford, UK. 516p.
Peters (1989) Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest. Nature. (pdf)
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