Nigel Stork & Stephen M. Turton 
Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape 

This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and
ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the
‘Wet Tropics’ rainforests of North Queensland,
Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide
such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including
the social and economic dimensions.

* * The most thorough assessment of a tropical forest landscape to
date

* Explores significant scientific breakthroughs in areas
including conservation genetics, vegetation modeling, agroforestry
and revegetation techniques, biodiversity assessment and modeling,
impacts of climate change, and the integration of science in
natural resource management

* Research achieved, in part, due to the Cooperative Research
Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (the
Rainforest CRC)

* Written by a number of distinguished international
experts

* contains chapter summaries and section commentaries

About the author

Nigel Stork is Head of School of Resource Management and
Geography and Head of the Burnley Campus at the University of
Melbourne, Australia. Formerly the CEO of the Cooperative Research
Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management and Founder
of the Australian Canopy Crane, he has studied tropical forest
ecology and insect diversity in many tropical regions of the world
with particular interest in the magnitude and decline of global
biodiversity.

Stephen Turton is Professor and Executive Director of the
Australian Tropical Forest Institute at Cook University in Cairns,
Australia. Previously, he was Director of Research for the
Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre. His research and teaching
interests include tropical climatology, rainforest ecology, urban
ecology, recreation ecology and natural resource management.