Mycorrhizas: Novel Dimensions in the Changing World

• Main Author: Shah, Manzoor Ahmad (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

The book provides basic knowledge in mycorrhizal ecology, knitted with novel conceptual frameworks and contemporary perspectives, especially in the context of global change. In a fast changing world wherein anthropogenic climate change, biological invasions, deforestation, desertification, and freque...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Mycorrhizas: An Overview
• 2. Mycorrhizas: Global Patterns and Trends
• 3. Mycorrhizas and Global Climate Change
• 4. Mycorrhizas in Relation to Plant Rarity and Invasiveness
• 5. Mycorrhizas and Ecological Restoration
• 6. Mycorrhizas in Extreme Environments
• 7. Mycorrhizas in Aquatic Plants
• 8. Approaches to Mycorrhizal Studies
• Glossary
• Index
• Bibliography.    .