Tropical Dry Forests: Emerging Features and Ecological Perspectives

ISBN 10: 153619543X / ISBN 13: 9781536195439

Published by Nova Science Pub Inc, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tropical Dry Forests: Emerging Features and Ecological Perspectives
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 153619543X
• ISBN 13: 9781536195439
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The book is intended to help in collection of detailed knowledge and to address the concerns from environmental scientists, forestry experts, planners, policymakers and the general public. Starting with a description of plant composition of worldwide TDFs, the book evaluates plant diversity, biomass dynamics, carbon storage, late history and current status of anthropogenic disturbances, distribution pattern of lichen communities, relevance of tree crown architecture, effects of forestry management practices, degradation and traditional land-use practices, impact of changing environment on carbon dynamics, estimating ecosystem services using a geospatial approach, productivity and carbon accumulation, habitat heterogeneity and its impact on organic matter, nutrient pool and nitrogen mineralization, phosphorus and litter decomposability traits. For re-development of TDFs, the book describes improved low-input tree establishment methods, impact of drought and plant mechanisms to mitigate drought stress, importance of serotiny related to delayed seed dispersal, and foraging efficiency of fine roots in relation to carbon dynamics in a changing environment.