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The book represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding
soil–landscape–vegetation relationships and, specifically, the
ecophysiology of plant communities developing on sandy soils of
very low fertility that are subject to seasonal flooding. It
provides an overview of the white sand ecosystems within the Amazon
basin, and focuses on the forest and herbaceous (meadows)
vegetation growing on the dystrophic sandy soils of the upper Negro
and Orinoco river basins. Several chapters describe
physiographic aspects of the study area using integrated remote
sensing and in situ sampling. By doing so they attain a
comprehensive description of the origin and evolution of soils and
landscapes, an advanced classification of soils, and a mapping of
the geographic distribution of psammophilous vegetation. This
volume also provides a phytosociological classification of
extensive forested areas, and a detailed description of the
structure and diversity of little-known herbaceous formations.It
targets professionals in the fields of ecology, ecophysiology,
geomorphology, soils, vegetation, and the environmental sciences.
The information it offers may be of significant use to researchers,
protected area planners, and environmental policy makers.
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