Abstract
Research on tropical forests started many decades ago. According to Whitmore (1991) it began with taxonomy and floristic and structural inventories and was followed by classification of forest communities. Subsequent successional relationships between these communities generated special attention. Then investigation into ecophysiology became a very active field. Fluxes of water and nutrients were measured. So step-by-step basic knowledge about the functioning of tropical forests was compiled. And especially foresters contributed to this knowledge concerning production and regeneration issues. To date many scientists agree upon the necessity of a holistic approach, an ecosystem approach for understanding the multidimensional complexity of tropical forests in time and space, and they also agree upon the many “white spaces” left to investigate, especially functional relationships between plants and animals and the stability of these tropical ecosystems.
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Müller-Hohenstein, K., Abate, A. (2004). Rain Forest Margins and their Dynamics in South-East Ethiopia. In: Gerold, G., Fremerey, M., Guhardja, E. (eds) Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08237-9_12
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