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Published by Grin Verlag, 2016
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2006 in the subject Biology - Botany, grade: none, North-Eastern Hill University, language: English, abstract: The tropical rainforests are dense, evergreen vegetation characterized by highdiversity of plant and animal species. They are one of the most fragile and complexterrestrial ecosystems on Earth, presently occupying less than 7% area of Earth's surfacein America, Southeast Asia and Africa (Richards 1952; Whitmore 1998). Withincontinental Asia, patches of tropical rainforests are found in Indo-China, South China andnortheast India (Whitmore 1998). The tropical wet evergreen forest patches also occur inthe Western Ghats of India. In northeast India, tropical rainforests are restricted to the fareastern part of the region, particularly in Tirap and Changlang districts of ArunachalPradesh and Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts of Assam. Although a major portion ofthese forests has been brought under protected area management, they are still threatenedby anthropogenic activities.Tropical forests worldwide are exposed to a variety of disturbances ranging fromfrequent localized events to less frequent, landscape level or multiple disturbance events.Natural disturbances and concomitant recovery are integral aspects of normal ecosystembehaviour (White 1979). Human disturbances, on the other hand, differ in kind, scale,intensity and frequency and sometimes they may be more severe and extensive than thenatural disturbances. Shifting cultivation and extraction of timber and NTFP's species aremajor causes of disturbance in the humid tropics (Reiners 1980), which have destroyedvast tracts of the humid tropical forest ecosystem. Logging and timber removal or conversion of forest to other land uses has long-term consequences on secondaryvegetation, nutrient cycles and water balance (Turner et al. 1997).Several workers have reported that removal or loss of forest cover alters physicochemicalcharacteristics of soil (Joergensen and Raubuch 2002) and adversely affects thesoil hydrological regime, microclimate, energy balance and enhances soil erodibility(Fenn et al. 1993). Input of organic matter and nutrients to soil through litter and rootmass help improve nutrient availability by favourably altering the hydrology andphysico-chemical and biological properties of the soil. The periodicity, extent and patternof litter fall and litter decomposition are important in this respect (Ambasht 1985).[.] 180 pp. Englisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2006 in the subject Biology - Botany, grade: none, North-Eastern Hill University, language: English, abstract: The tropical rainforests are dense, evergreen vegetation characterized by highdiversity of plant and animal species. They are one of the most fragile and complexterrestrial ecosystems on Earth, presently occupying less than 7% area of Earth's surfacein America, Southeast Asia and Africa (Richards 1952; Whitmore 1998). Withincontinental Asia, patches of tropical rainforests are found in Indo-China, South China andnortheast India (Whitmore 1998). The tropical wet evergreen forest patches also occur inthe Western Ghats of India. In northeast India, tropical rainforests are restricted to the fareastern part of the region, particularly in Tirap and Changlang districts of ArunachalPradesh and Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts of Assam. Although a major portion ofthese forests has been brought under protected area management, they are still threatenedby anthropogenic activities.Tropical forests worldwide are exposed to a variety of disturbances ranging fromfrequent localized events to less frequent, landscape level or multiple disturbance events.Natural disturbances and concomitant recovery are integral aspects of normal ecosystembehaviour (White 1979). Human disturbances, on the other hand, differ in kind, scale,intensity and frequency and sometimes they may be more severe and extensive than thenatural disturbances. Shifting cultivation and extraction of timber and NTFP's species aremajor causes of disturbance in the humid tropics (Reiners 1980), which have destroyedvast tracts of the humid tropical forest ecosystem. Logging and timber removal or conversion of forest to other land uses has long-term consequences on secondaryvegetation, nutrient cycles and water balance (Turner et al. 1997).Several workers have reported that removal or loss of forest cover alters physicochemicalcharacteristics of soil (Joergensen and Raubuch 2002) and adversely affects thesoil hydrological regime, microclimate, energy balance and enhances soil erodibility(Fenn et al. 1993). Input of organic matter and nutrients to soil through litter and rootmass help improve nutrient availability by favourably altering the hydrology andphysico-chemical and biological properties of the soil. The periodicity, extent and patternof litter fall and litter decomposition are important in this respect (Ambasht 1985).[.].
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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. State of the Art Research Results on Forestry in the Humid Tropics with Emphasis on Soil Characteristics, Ecology and Management.Content.- 1 Forest Soils in the Humid Tropics: Characteristics and Classification.- Soils of rainforests: Characterization a.
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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. State of the Art Research Results on Forestry in the Humid Tropics with Emphasis on Soil Characteristics, Ecology and Management.State of the Art Research Results on Forestry in the Humid Tropics with Emphasis on Soil Characteristics, Ecology and Man.
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Dez 1997, 1997
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria. 216 pp. Englisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.The papers have been developed from presentations given at the 'International Congress on Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems/3rd Conference on Forest Soils' held in Balikpapan, Indonesia, and will be indispensable for all concerned with forest soil science and sustainable forestry in the humid tropics. An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria. 212 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.The papers have been developed from presentations given at the 'International Congress on Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems/3rd Conference on Forest Soils' held in Balikpapan, Indonesia, and will be indispensable for all concerned with forest soil science and sustainable forestry in the humid tropics. An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997
ISBN 10: 3540636072ISBN 13: 9783540636076
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.
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