| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, : Springer, 2013
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xviii, 444 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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| Disciplina |
577.3
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
LowmanMargaret
DevySoubadra
GaneshT
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| Collana |
Gale eBooks
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| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Endangered ecosystems
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| ISBN |
1-4614-7161-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
FORWARD -- PART I EMERGING ISSUES -- 1. The Role of Scientific Conferences to Foster Conservation Solution for Global Forests -- 2. Greening the Planet? -- 3. Comparative Canopy Biology and the Structure of Ecosystems -- 4. Forest Canopies as Earth’s Support Systems: Priorities for Research and Conservation -- 5. Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests -- 6. Rethinking the Role of Tropical Forest Science in Forest Conservation and Management -- 7. REDD: How can scientists change the political jungle? -- 8. Narrowing global species estimates -- PART II CLIMATE CHANGE -- 9. Tropical cyclones and forest dynamics under a changing climate: what are the long-term implications for tropical forest canopies in the cyclone belt -- 10. Canopies and Climate Change -- 11. Church Forest Status and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Ethiopa -- 12. A novel approach to simulate climate change impacts on vascular epiphytes: case study in Taiwan -- 13. Sensitivity and threat in high-elevation rainforests: outcomes and consequences of the IBISCA- Queensland Project -- 14. A mature foreset canopy in a CO2-rich future - an experiment at the Swiss Canopy Crane research site -- 15. Shock value: are lianas natural lightning rods? -- 16. Potential impacts of global changes on epiphytic bryophytes in subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests, SW China -- 17. ‘Canopy-less’ monitoring of biodiversity and climate change: signs of a leaky roof -- PART III NEW APPROACHES -- 18. Mesoscale Exploration and Conservation of Tropical Canopies in a Changing Climate -- 19. Why do sloths poop on the ground? -- 20. Birds of the “canopy”: historical perspective, current trends and future directions -- 21. Functional roles of lianas in the forest canopy -- 22. Islands in a sea of foliage: mistletoes as discrete components of forest canopies -- 23. Non-vascular epiphytes: functions and risks at the tree canopy -- 24. Canopy texture analysis for large-scale assessments of tropical forest stand structure and biomass -- 25. Changing tropical forest dynamics and their effects on canopy geometry and tropical forest biodiversity -- 26. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Some Dominant Canopy and Understorey Dominant Tree Species of Sri Lanka: Implications for Conservation Management in a Fragmented Landscape -- 27. The importance of flowers for beetle biodiversity and abundance -- 28. Assessing canopy processes at large landscape scales in the Western Ghats using remote sensing -- 29. Ontogeny of Herbivory on Leaves in a Tropical Rainforest in Madagascar -- 30. Do Water Bears Climb Trees too? -- 31. From leaf litter to canopy: non-invasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rainforest -- PART IV EDUCATION AND OUTREACH -- 32. Win-Win for Scientists Who Lead Citizen Science Canopy Research Expeditions -- 33. In the Canopy with Wheel Chairs: a model for teaching field biology -- 34. Modelling Insect outbreaks in Forest Canopies -- Integration of Virtual Simulations with Hands-on Ecology for Undergraduates -- 35. Canopy Capture -- 36. Kids can save Forests.- Forest Canopy Tourism- analyzing a Flagship Attraction in the Ecotourism Arena from a Political Ecology Perspective -- PART V ECOSYSTEM, SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY -- 38. Ancient Coastal Rainforest Canopies in Western Canada: Issues in Biodiversity and Conservation -- 39. The population dynamics of epiphytic orchids: A review and methodological guide -- 40. Can canopy dwelling frogs be monitored from the ground? A case from Western Ghats of India -- 41. Just harvest: Ecology and politics of forest canopy product use in protected areas -- 42. Orchid farming, sustainable timber harvest and other forest management practices in Cameroon, Africa -- 43. Sacred groves as sanctuaries for mistletoe conservation in Kathmandu Valley -- 44. Nutrient recycling starts in the canopy: the secretive action of termites -- 45. Valuing Ecosystem Services Flowing from the Himalayan States for Incorporation into National Accounting -- 46. Whole Plants as NTFPs from the forest canopies- priorities for management and conservation. .
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