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Mangroves for Building Resilience to Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Mangroves for Building Resilience to Climate Change (Hardcover)
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This valuable book is a comprehensive volume on mangroves, with
information accessible to both botany professionals and students.
It provides an easy method of identifying mangroves and
distinguishing one species from another. What is a mangrove and
what are the criteria of mangroves are explained, along with
descriptions of distinctions among major mangroves, mangrove
associates, mangrove halophytes, and back mangals. Many photos and
illustrations are provided, showing the visible features of
mangroves. The volume also covers a range of other topics,
including habitats and climatic conditions, morphological and
reproductive features, how climate change is affecting mangroves
and methods of mitigation and conservation. This book is about
mangroves, the intertidal coastal forests that struggle every
moment against hungry tides because mangroves flourish at the
interface zone of land and sea. Like an evergreen forest in the
tropical and subtropical regions of the world, mangroves form
definite coastal vegetation, providing protection to people living
in such fragile zones against the occurrence of frequent natural
calamities. Key features: Introduces important facts about
mangroves: definition, early records of mangroves, categorization,
and more Looks at the distribution of mangroves worldwide along
with features of mangrove habitats and climatic conditions
Describes the ecology and environmental conditions, particularly
the concept of intertidal zones along estuary positions where tidal
flows inundate mangroves Discusses the distinct morphological
attributes and reproductive phenology of major mangroves Details
the attributes of mangroves, covering a total of 78 species of
intertidal flora, including 32 true mangroves, along with their
diagnostic features, salient attributes, and illustrations for easy
identification Highlights the burning environmental issue of
climate change and its impact on mangroves Provides a variety of
methods of restoration, conservation, and protection of mangroves
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