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Igapó (Black-water flooded forests) of the Amazon Basin

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Editors:
  1. Randall W. Myster

    1. Biology Department, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, USA

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  • Offers the first volume exclusively on the igapó forests in the Amazon

  • Enriches understanding of the interactions between all aspects of its unique ecosystem

  • Includes suggestions for further research and future action by the leading igapó experts from around the world

  • Covers the structure, function and dynamics of igapó forests in the Amazon basin

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Randall W. Myster
    Pages 1-19

  3. Igapó Over Space and Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Diversity of Dispersal Systems in Igapó Forests: An Analysis of Local Tree Diversity, Species Turnover, and Dispersal Systems

      • María Natalia Umaña, Diego F. Correa, Ángela Cano, Luisa F. Casas, Sasha Cárdenas, Boris Villanueva et al.
      Pages 23-35

  4. Water and Light

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Mercury in Black-Waters of the Amazon

      • Daniele Kasper, Bruce Rider Forsberg, Helena do Amaral Kehrig, João Henrique Fernandes Amaral, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos, Olaf Malm
      Pages 39-56

  5. Soil and the Carbon Cycle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Soil Carbon and the Carbon Cycle in the Central Amazon Forest

      • Fabrício Berton Zanchi
      Pages 59-66

    3. Igapó Ecosystem Soils: Features and Environmental Importance

      • Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo, Denise de Andrade Cunha, Rosecelia Moreira da Silva Castro, Elessandra Laura Nogueira Lopes, Darley C. Leal Matos, Rita Denize de Oliveira
      Pages 67-78

  6. Litter, Fungi and Invertebrates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Diversity and Phenology of Arachnids in Igapó Forests

      • Lidianne Salvatierra
      Pages 81-97

    3. Influence of Flood Levels on the Richness and Abundance of Galling Insects Associated with Trees from Seasonally Flooded Forests of Central Amazonia, Brazil

      • Genimar R. Julião, Eduardo M. Venticinque, G. Wilson Fernandes
      Pages 99-117

  7. Vertebrates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Primates of Igapó Forests

      • Adrian A. Barnett, Thays Jucá
      Pages 121-133

    3. Influence of Time and Flood on Diurnal Mammal Diversity and Story Level Use in Igapó Forest in the Peruvian Amazon

      • Rosa R. Palmer, John L. Koprowski
      Pages 135-148

    4. Primates’ Use of Flooded and Unflooded Forests in Peruvian Amazonia

      • Janice Chism, Richard L. Jackson Jr
      Pages 149-160

    5. Turtles of the Igapó: Their Ecology and Susceptibility to Mercury Uptake

      • Larissa Schneider, Richard C. Vogt
      Pages 161-182
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Igapó forests are a common part of the Amazon whose ecosystems are critical to our shared human future. The introduction addresses the structure, function and dynamics of igapó forests in the Amazon basin, focusing on their uniqueness due to their high level of complexity defined as the many ways that different components of igapó forests in the Amazon basin ecosystem interact and also on how those interactions are on a higher-order compared to other tropical forests. The text then breaks down the igapó ecosystem using these sections: (1) Igapó forests over space and time, (2) Water, light and soils, (3) The carbon cycle, (4) Litter, fungi and invertebrates, (5) Vertebrates, (6) Plant population studies, (7) Plant community studies, and (8) Human impacts and management. Experts from around the world serve as chapter authors that review what is known about their specific part of the igapó ecosystem, what research they have done, and also what needs to be done in the future. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Biology Department, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, USA

    Randall W. Myster

About the editor

Dr. Randall W. Myster teaches in the Biology Department at Oklahoma State University.


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