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Amazonian Floodplain Forests - Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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Amazonian Floodplain Forests - Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Series: Ecological Studies, 210
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Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered
ecosystem. The forests grow in areas that are annually flooded by
large rivers during mean periods of up to 8 months and at depths of
up to 10 m. Despite this severe stress, these forests consist of
over 1,000 species and are by far the most species-rich floodplain
forests worldwide. The trees show a broad range of morphological,
anatomical, physiological, and phenological adaptations that enable
them not only to survive the adverse environmental conditions, but
also to produce large amounts of biomass when the nutrient levels
in water and soils are sufficiently high. This is the case in the
floodplains of white-water rivers, which are used for fisheries,
agriculture, and cattle-ranching but which also have a high
potential for the production of timber and non-timber products,
when adequately managed. Latest research on ecophysiology gives
insight how tree species adapt to the oscillating flood-pulse
focusing on their photosynthesis, respiration, sap flow,
biochemistry, phenology, wood and leave anatomy, root morphology
and functioning, fruit chemistry, seed germination, seedling
establishment, nitrogen fixation and genetic variability. Based on
tree ages, lifetime growth rates and net primary production, new
concepts are developed to improve the sustainability of traditional
forest managements in the background of an integrated natural
resource management. This is the first integrative book on the
functioning and ecologically oriented use of floodplain forests in
the tropics and sub-tropics.It provides fundamental knowledge for
scientist, students, foresters and other professionals on their
distribution, evolution and phytogeography. "This book is an
excellent testimony to the interdisciplinary collaboration of a
group of very dedicated scientists to unravel the functioning of
the Amazonian Floodplain forests. They have brought together a
highly valuable contribution on the distribution, ecology, primary
production, ecophysiology, typology, biodiversity, and human use of
these forests offering recommendations for sustainable management
and future projects in science and development of these unique
wetland ecosystems. It lays a solid scientific foundation for
wetland ecologists, foresters, environmentalists, wetland managers,
and all those interested in sustainable management in the tropics
and subtropics." Brij Gopal, Executive Vice President International
Society for Limnology (SIL).
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