Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Functions and Challenges in the Face of Global Change

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Garkoti, Satish Chandra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Van Bloem, Skip J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fulé, Peter Z. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Semwal, Rajeev L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Ecology .; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Ecology.; Forestry Management.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.

 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. 

 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.