Tropical Cloud Forest Ecology In Hainan Island
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Author | : Wenxing Long |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2022-09-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9811936552 |
This book introduces ecology of tropical cloud forests in China, a high-altitudinal tropical forest. The findings are novel in revealing environmental characteristics, community features, diversity patterns, plant strategies, community assembly mechanisms, and diversity-ecosystem functions of tropical cloud forests in China. The knowledge of this book will bridge the gaps of our understanding on the tropical forest in China and the world-wide, and will enrich the theory of tropical forest community ecology.Written by experts in the field, this book will serve as an invaluable reference for tropical forest ecology researchers.
Author | : Donald Mlambo |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2023-11-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2832534759 |
Recent research shows that tropical forests are experiencing changes driven by many factors including deforestation and fragmentation, over-exploitation, invasive species, wildfires, insect and pathogen outbreaks, drought, windstorms and other climatically-enhanced events. Due to climate change, these disturbance events are becoming unprecedented in their frequency, extent and intensity. There is increasing concern that they may impact natural forest regeneration processes and drive rare and sensitive tropical woody plant species along an extinction trajectory. Although natural regeneration has potential to enhance ecological resilience, support local biodiversity, and provide ecosystem goods and services, it is often overlooked as an approach that can be aligned with biodiversity conservation goals, ecological restoration and climate change mitigation targets. Promoting natural forest regeneration may actually be less costly and more effective for restoring ecosystem functions.
Author | : Lawrence S. Hamilton |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461225000 |
Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environments for human occupation, and their remoteness (except in places near Andean high mountain settlements and in the Ethiopian Highlands) and difficult terrain have given them de facto protection. The ad jacent upper montane rain forests have indeed been under assault for timber, fuelwood, and for conversion to grazing and agriculture for many decades, even centuries in the Andes, but true cloud forest has only come under ex ploitation as these lower elevational resources have disappeared. They have also been "nibbled" at from above where there have been alpine grasslands under grazing pressure. Increasingly now, however, these cloud forest eco systems are being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed at an alarming rate. It is now becoming recognized that steps must be taken rapidly to increase our understanding of TMCF and to achieve their conservation, because: their water-capture function is extremely important to society; • their species endemism is high; they serve as refugia for endangered species being marginalized in these environments by increasingly transformed lower elevation ecosystems; they are relatively little studied; yet, their value to science is extremely high; they have low resilience to disturbance; vii viii Preface and many other reasons, which will be discussed subsequently in this publi cation.
Author | : Thomas Stadtmüller |
Publisher | : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Forest ecology |
ISBN | : 9789280806700 |
Author | : Lawrence S. Hamilton |
Publisher | : Springer Verlag |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780387943237 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Cloud forest conservation |
ISBN | : |
This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 74 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate change impacts, and cloud forest conservation, management, and restoration. The final chapter presents a major synthesis by some of the world's leading cloud forest researchers, which summarizes our current knowledge and considers the sustainability of these forests in an ever-changing world. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning cloud forest occurrence and status, as well as the biological and hydrological value of these unique forests. The presentation is academic but with a firm practical emphasis. It will serve as a core reference for academic researchers and students of environmental science and ecology, as well as practitioners (natural resources management, forest conservation) and decision makers at local, national, and international levels"
Author | : |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 3542 |
Release | : 2020-06-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128160977 |
Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication. Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources Authored and edited by top scientists in the field Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information
Author | : Norma Salinas |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2021-09-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2889713636 |
Author | : British Mycological Society. Symposium |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1993-11-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521450508 |
Considers the role of fungi in the tropical ecosystem and their potential as a source of useful, novel compounds.
Author | : Jacqueline E. Mohan |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2019-04-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128134933 |
Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution. It covers various field settings, such as arctic tundra; alpine meadows; temperate, tropical and subalpine forests; drylands; and grassland ecosystems. Information integrates multiple natural science disciplines, providing a holistic, integrative approach that will help readers understand and forecast future planetwide responses to soil warming. Students and educators will find this book informative for understanding biotic and biogeochemical responses to changing climatic conditions. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including soil scientists, ecologists, geneticists, as well as molecular, evolutionary and conservation biologists, will find this book a valuable resource in understanding and planning for warmer climate conditions. Emphasizes biological components of soils, plants and microbes that provide linkages to physics and chemistry Brings together chapters written by global scientific experts with interests in communication and education Includes coverage of polar, alpine, tropical, temperate and dryland ecosystems