Caatinga The Largest Tropical Dry Forest Region in South America /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Silva, José Maria Cardoso da (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Leal, Inara R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tabarelli, Marcelo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Animal Ecology.

This book provides in-depth information on Caatinga’s geographical boundaries and ecological systems, including plants, insects, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. It also discusses the major threats to the region’s socio-ecological systems and includes chapters on climate change and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Introduction: Chapter 1: The Caatinga: understanding the challenges
• Part II Biodiversity: Chapter 2: Diversity and evolution of the flowering plants of the Caatinga Domain
• Chapter 3: Ants of the Caatinga: diversity, biogeography and functional responses to anthropogenic disturbance and climate change
• Chapter 4: Diversity, distribution and conservation of the Caatinga fishes: advances and challenges
• Chapter 5: Ecology, biogeography and conservation of amphibians of the Caatinga
• Chapter 6: Species composition, biogeography and conservation of the Caatinga Lizards
• Chapter 7: The avifauna of the Caatinga: biogeography, ecology, and conservation
• Chapter 8: Mammals of the Caatinga: diversity, ecology, biogeography and conservation
• Chapter 9: Plant-animal interactions in the Caatinga: overview and perspectives
• Part III Ecosystem Services: Chapter 10: Water as capital and its uses in the Caatinga
• Chapter 11: People and natural resources in the Caatinga
• Chapter 12: Cultural Services in the Caatinga
• Part IV Threats: Chapter 13: Human impacts on the Caatinga
• Chapter 14: The socioecology of the Caatinga: understanding how natural resource use shapes an ecosystem
• Chapter 15: Future climate change in the Caatinga
• Part V Solutions: Chapter 16: Sustainable agricultural uses in the Caatinga
• Chapter 17: Conservation opportunities in the Caatinga
• Chapter 18: Sustainable development in the Caatinga
• Part VI Conclusions: Chapter 19: The future of the Caatinga
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