Dynamics of Tropical Communities

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Much contemporary ecological research is being carried out in tropical communities - they are among the most species-rich and dynamic in the world. Tropical ecologists must now set these processes against the long-term directional changes that are happening regionally and globally to answer new questions. It is argued that tropical ecologists should be increasingly prescriptive rather than descriptive and this presents new challenges. Thus, a new conceptual framework is required, and the authors and editors of this book hope to signal how such a framework might be developed.