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

✍ Scribed by Satish Chandra Garkoti, Skip J. Van Bloem, Peter Z. Fulé, Rajeev L. Semwal

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Introduction (Satish Chandra Garkoti, Rajeev L. Semwal)....Pages 1-9
Influence of Changing Patterns of Precipitation and Temperature on Tropical Soil Ecosystem (Talat Afreen, Hema Singh, J. S. Singh)....Pages 11-26
Nature and Extent of Forest Degradation in Central Himalayas (Surendra P. Singh, Anvita Pandey, Vishal Singh)....Pages 27-43
Management of Invasive Alien Plants in Nepal: Current Practices and Future Prospects (Bharat Babu Shrestha)....Pages 45-68
Invasive Species and Their Impact on Tropical Forests of Central India: A Review (Javid Ahmad Dar, K Subashree, Somaiah Sundarapandian, Purabi Saikia, Amit Kumar, P. K. Khare et al.)....Pages 69-109
Aboveground Tree Carbon Stocks Along a Disturbance Gradient in Wet Tropical Forests of South Assam, India (Nepolion Borah, Florida Devi Athokpam, Ashesh Kumar Das, Satish Chandra Garkoti)....Pages 111-128
Responses of Tropical and Subtropical Plants to Air Pollution (Arideep Mukherjee, Bhanu Pandey, S. B. Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal)....Pages 129-162
Shorea robusta Forest Resources of Mainpat/Phendeling Tibetan Refugee Camp, Chhattisgarh, India (Amanda E. Knauf, Peter Z. Fulé, Emily E. Fulé)....Pages 163-172
Ecology of Treeline Vegetation in Western Himalaya: Anthropogenic and Climatic Influences (Ishwari Datt Rai, Gajendra Singh, Arvind Pandey, G. S. Rawat)....Pages 173-192
Ideas and Approaches for Studying Treelines in the Himalayas: Expanding the Concept from a Landmark to Community and Ecosystem Levels (Surendra P. Singh, Ripu D. Singh)....Pages 193-212
Community Response and Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India (R. K. Maikhuri, L. S. Rawat, Ajay Maletha, P. C. Phondani, Rajeev L. Semwal, Y. M. Bahuguna et al.)....Pages 213-231
Environmental Changes and Challenges of Tarai and Siwalik of Nepal (P. K. Jha, R. A. Mandal, K. P. Poudel)....Pages 233-246
Ecological Value and Change Sensitivity-Based Approach for Defining Integrity of Forests in West Himalaya, India (Balwant Rawat, Ranbeer S. Rawal)....Pages 247-261
Himalayan Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change (G. C. S. Negi, Ranbeer S. Rawal)....Pages 263-277
Phenological Pattern and Community Structure of Dipterocarpaceae in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Lampung (Diny Hartiningtias, Noviar Andayani, Nurul L. Winarni)....Pages 279-288
Integrated Landscape Modelling in India: Evaluating the Scope for Micro-Level Spatial Analysis over Temporal Scale (Mrinalini Goswami, Chaya Ravishankar, Sunil Nautiyal, Rüdiger Schaldach)....Pages 289-315
Way Forward (Satish Chandra Garkoti, Rajeev L. Semwal)....Pages 317-320

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Ecology; Forestry Management; Environmental Management; Climate Change