FODE 008-2-OER Ecological Processes in Tropical Forests

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Module I. Species Diversity
Topic 1.1: Species diversity of tropical forests
Topic 1.2: Species richness
Topic 1.3: Special situations
Module II. Ecosystem Processes
Topic 2.1: Nutrition and productivity
Topic 2.2: Plant form and function
Topic 2.3: Disturbances in tropical forests
Topic 2.4: Humans in Tropical Forests
Topic 2.5: Patterns in Space and Time
Module III. Plant Reproduction
Topic 3.1: Flowering, pollination and genetic neighborhoods
Topic 3.2: Seed set and seed dormancy
Topic 3.3: Vegetative reproduction, growth and survival
Module IV. Interactions in the Forest
Topic 4.1: Interactions within tropical forests
Topic 4.2: Epiphytes, and ant-mediated interactions
Topic 4.3: Mutualism, facilitation, and interactions across multiple trophic levels
Module V: Case Studies
Topic 5.1: Case studies
Case study 1: Borneo's Danum Valley
Case Study 2: Australia's tropical rain forests
Case Study 3: Floristics of Philippine Forests
Case Study 4: The forests of New Guinea
Case Study 5: The Rain Forests of Peninsular Malaysia
Case Study 6: The kerangas forests of Borneo
Case Study 7: Western Ghats, India
Case Study 8: Kaziranga, India
Case Study 9: Madagascar's Spiny Forest
Case Study 10: The Mascarene Islandsnia
Case Study 11: The Savannahs of Southern and East Africa of New Guinea
Case study 12: Kibale Forest, Uganda 
Case study 13: The Rain Forests of West and Central Africa
Case study 14: The hurricane-dominated forests of the Caribbean
Case study 15: Brazil's Atlantic Rain Forest 
Case study 16: Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield
Case study 17: Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica 
Case Study 18: Brazil's Caatinga
Topic 5.2: A future for tropical forests?

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