Invasives vs Endemics: A Systematic and Phytosociological Perspective - Softcover

Aravindhan, Veerasamy; Rajendran, Arumugam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659920819 ISBN 13: 9783659920813

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Plants, animals and microorganisms in a natural biological community constitute a web of co-adopted species which can sustain themselves without any human input. In such a community, survival of any organism is due to the interaction between the individuals and the environment. However, man has drastically modified most of the natural ecosystem globally i.e., habitat destruction, over exploitation and environmental degradation. Destruction of any one ecosystem can lead to the collapse of another, thereby affecting life-forms. Massive destruction of ecosystem worldwide comes at a time, when our knowledge about the structure and functional dynamics and even taxonomy of many tropical vegetation is still rudimentary. Information on tropical vegetation is needed because of its potential usefulness in understanding the relative extent of plant diversity and its maintenance and also implication for conservation and management. The information provided in the book can be utilized for time to time assessment of invasive and endemic species diversity, studying their impacts, climate changes, etc.

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About the Author

Dr.A.Rajendran, Professor in Dept. of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He has published more than 230 research articles and 7 books in the field viz., Plant Systematics and Ecology.Dr.V.Aravindhan, Research Fellow worked under the supervision of the co-author and has 25 research publications in the same field.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659920819
• ISBN 13: 9783659920813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204