Format:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 615p. 193 illus., 42 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9789048187256
Series Statement:
Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis 210
Content:
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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Description based upon print version of record
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to South American Wetland Forests: Distribution, Definitions and General Characterization; Chapter 2: Development of the Amazon Valley During the Middle to Late Quaternary: Sedimentological and Climatological Observat; Chapter 3: Remote Sensing of the Distribution and Extent of Wetlands in the Amazon Basin; Chapter 4: Phytogeography, Species Diversity, Community Structure and Dynamics of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests; Chapter 5: Tree Phenology in Amazonian Floodplain Forests; Chapter 6: Biochemistry of Amazonian Floodplain Trees
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Chapter 7: The Morphology and Anatomy of Tree Roots and Their Aeration StrategiesChapter 8: Fine Root Systems and Mycorrhizal Associations in Two Central Amazonian Inundation Forests: Igapó and Várzea; Chapter 9: Morphology and Anatomy of Leaves; Chapter 10: Gas Exchange and Photosynthesis; Chapter 11: Sap Flow and Stem Respiration; Chapter 12: Fruit and Seed Chemistry, Biomass and Dispersal; Chapter 13: Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment of Amazonian Floodplain Trees; Chapter 14: Nitrogen Balance of a Floodplain Forest of the Amazon River: The Role of Nitrogen Fixation
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Chapter 15: Genetic Variability, Divergence and Speciation in Trees of Periodically Flooded Forests of the Amazon: A Case StuChapter 16: The Importance of Amazonian Floodplain Forests for Animal Biodiversity: Beetlesin Canopies of Floodplain and Uplan; Chapter 17: Wood Anatomy and Tree-Ring Structure and Their Importance for Tropical Dendrochronology; Chapter 18: Biomass and Net Primary Production of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests; Chapter 19: Use of Amazonian Floodplain Trees; Chapter 20: Traditional Timber Harvesting in the Central Amazonian Floodplains
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Chapter 21: Growth-Oriented Logging (GOL): The Use of Species-Specific Growth Information for Forest Management in Central AmaChapter 22: Protected Areas in the Amazonian Várzea and their Role in its Conservation: The Case of Mamirauá Sustainable Deve; Chapter 23: The Role of Floodplain Forests in an Integrated Sustainable Management Concept of the Natural Resources of the Cent; Chapter 24: Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests: A Synthesis; References;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048187249
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Amazonian floodplain forests Dordrecht : Springer, 2010 ISBN 9048187249
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048187249
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Amazonastiefland
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Sumpfwald
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Várzea
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Ökologie
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Amazonastiefland
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Sumpfwald
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Forstwirtschaft
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-8725-6
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Author information:
Schöngart, Jochen 1969-
Author information:
Junk, Wolfgang J. 1942-
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