The tropical rain forest an ecological study. - Richards, P. W. (Paul Westmacott) (Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1952)
List of Text-Figures -- List of Plates -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Part I. Structure and Physiognomy: Chapter 2. Structure: Synusiae and Stratification -- Chapter 3. Regeneration -- Chapter 4. The Physiognomy of the Trees and Shrubs -- Chapter 5. The Ground Herbs and the Dependent Synusiae -- Part II. The Environment: Chapter 6. Climate -- Chapter 7. Microclimates -- Chapter 8. Seasonal Changes -- Chapter 9. Soil Conditions -- Part III. Floristic Composition of Climax Communities: Chapter 10. Composition of Primary Rain Forest (I) Chapter 11. Composition of Primary Rain Forest (II) -- Part IV. Primary Successions: Chapter 12. The Primary Xerosere and the Recolonization of Krakatau -- Chapter 13. Hydroseres -- Chapter 14. Coastal Successions -- Part V. Tropical Rain Forest Under Limiting Conditions: Chapter 15. Rain Forest, Deciduous Forest and Savanna -- Chapter 16. The Tropical Rain Forest at its Altitudinal and Latitudinal Limits -- Part VI. Man and the Tropical Rain Forest: Chapter 17. Secondary and Deflected Successions -- Postscript. The Future of the Tropical Rain Forest -- References -- Index of Plant Names -- General Index.
"References": p. [408]-423.
Keywords: Rain forests; Forest ecology; Forests and forestry -- Tropics