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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Garkoti, Satish Chandra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Van Bloem, Skip J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fulé, Peter Z. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Semwal, Rajeev L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: 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 diver...

Table of Contents:

• 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.