Tropical Bioproductivity: Origins and Distribution in a Globalized World

by David Hammond and David S. Hammond

Book Overview

This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically net primary productivity - has played in shaping the global geographies of food, finance, governance and people.

The book examines the basic astronomical and thermal properties of our planet to illustrate the dynamic nature of the tropics and how the region resides at the very heart of global energetics, driving the environmental flows that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138594601
• ISBN13: 9781138594609
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"