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Palms in Forest Ecosystems of Amazonia

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Francis Kahn

    1. Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique, Pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), Lima 18, Peru

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  2. Jean-Jacques Granville

    1. Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique, Pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), Cayenne cédex, France

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 95)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 1-4

  3. Amazonian Palm Flora — General Considerations

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 5-12

  4. Life Forms of Amazonian Palms

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 13-39

  5. Palm Communities in the Forest Ecosystems of Amazonia

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 41-89

  6. Palm Distribution as a Function of Soil Drainage, Topography, Forest Architecture and Dynamics, and Human Activities

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 91-114

  7. Some Aspects of the Adaptive Radiation of Palms in Amazonia

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 115-128

  8. Palms as Functional Components in Forest Ecosystems

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 129-154

  9. Palms and Forest Management in Amazonia

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 155-167

  10. Conclusion

    • Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques de Granville
    Pages 169-172

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-226
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About this book

Palms are tropical miracles. Heinrich Heine, the German poet, stated "Unter den Palmen wandert man nicht ungestraft", i.e., one does not wander unpunished under the palms. It was Professor H.C.D. de Wit who taught me this in the late 1950s, and it is a pleasure to forward this message to the next generation in such an appropriate book. Both authors, as I know them, will bear the punishment of the palms. They will never be without palm nostalgia if and when living somewhere outside this world's tropical and subtropical palm belt. Palm nostalgia goes further than palms alone. It concerns the landscape, the short but splendid sunsets and last, but not least, the tropical people. Their elegance of living, structured in subtler ways than managers will ever understand, their laughter which may be a more decisive weapon against the troubles besetting the tropics than mere economics, and their unique life force erupting on festive as well as sad occasions under the palms will always remain with those who w3)ldered beneath these trees. I know. I was there.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique, Pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), Lima 18, Peru

    Francis Kahn

  • Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique, Pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), Cayenne cédex, France

    Jean-Jacques Granville

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Palms in Forest Ecosystems of Amazonia

  • Authors: Francis Kahn, Jean-Jacques Granville

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76852-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-76854-5Published: 07 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-76852-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 226

  • Topics: Ecology

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