Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Functions and Challenges in the Face of Global Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
The book brings together research topics having a broad focus on human and climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics in general and more specifically from the most significant and vulnerable Himalayan ecosystem. A total...
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The book brings together research topics having a broad focus on human and climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics in general and more specifically from the most significant and vulnerable Himalayan ecosystem. A total of 16 contributions included in the book cover a diverse range of global change themes such as the impacts of changing temperature and precipitation on soil ecosystems, forest degradation, extent and impacts of invasive species, plant responses to pollution, climate change impacts on biodiversity and tree phenology, environmental changes associated with land use, importance of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation, timberline ecosystems, and role of integrated landscape modeling for sustainable management of natural resources.The book is a collective endeavour of an international multidisciplinary group of scientists focused on improving our understanding of the impacts of global change on the structure and functioning of tropical ecosystems and addressing the challenges of their future sustainable management. We hope that the book will help researchers working in the areas of ecology and environmental science to update their knowledge. We also expect that natural resource managers and policy planners will find explanations for some of their observations and hypotheses on multiple global change factors impacting tropical ecosystems and especially Himalayan ecosystems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Functions and Challenges in the Face of Global Change “
Introduction.- Influence of Changing Patterns of Precipitation and Temperature on Tropical Soil Ecosystem.- Nature and Extent of Forest Degradation in Central Himalayas.- Management of invasive alien plants in Nepal: current practices and future prospects.- Invasive species and their impact on tropical forests of Central India- a review.- Aboveground tree carbon stocks along a disturbance gradient in wet tropical forests of south Assam, India.- Responses of tropical and sub-tropical plants to air pollution.- Shorea robusta forest resources of Mainpat/Phendeling Tibetan Refugee Camp, Chhattisgarh, India.- Ecology of Treeline Vegetation in Western Himalaya: Anthropogenic and Climatic Influences.- Ideas and Approaches for Studying Treelines in the Himalayas: Expanding the Concept from a Landmark to Community and Ecosystem Levels.- Community Response and Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India.- Environmental Changes and Challenges of Tarai and Siwalik of Nepal.- Ecological value and change sensitivity based approach for defining integrity of forests in west Himalaya, India.- Himalayan biodiversity in the face of climate change.- Phenological Pattern and Community Structure of Dipterocarpaceae in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Lampung.- Integrated landscape modelling in India: Evaluating the scope for micro-level spatial analysis over temporal scale.- Conclusions and way forward.
Autoren-Porträt
Dr. Satish Chandra Garkoti, is a Himalayan ecologist and specializes on Forest Ecology with emphasis on forest productivity and nutrient cycling, tree ecophysiology, phenology, biodiversity characterization, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. He is among the pioneers to contribute to structure and functioning of high elevation forest ecosystems leading to tree-line in the Himalayas. Plant diversity characterization in tropical forests of North Eastern India and estimation of ecosystem services in Himalayan forest ecosystems are other areas where he has made substantial contributions. Dr. Garkoti has published a large number of research papers in international and national Journals of repute. Dr. Garkoti is Rector in Jawaharlal Nehru University and Professor in School of Environmental Sciences. Currently he is leading a Task Force on creating a coherent database on traditional knowledge systems in the Indian Himalayan region which is an integral part of National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change. Dr. Skip J. Van Bloem is a tropical forest ecologist. His research has centered on how large infrequent disturbances such as hurricanes generate physiological responses in trees and how those responses shape long-term patterns in tree population and community dynamics. His work also evaluates long term responses to anthropogenic disturbances related to land use change and wildfire. Most of his research has been in seasonally dry systems in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the Caribbean. He is currently the director of the Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science and a professor in the Forestry and Environmental Conservation department at Clemson University and was previously the president of the International Society of Tropical Ecology. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, M.S. from the Ohio State University, and B.A. from Western Michigan University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2020, 1st ed. 2019, X, 320 Seiten, 51 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Satish Chandra Garkoti, Skip J. Van Bloem, Peter Z. Fulé, Rajeev L. Semwal
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 9811382514
- ISBN-13: 9789811382512
Sprache:
Englisch
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