Amazonian floodplain forests ecophysiology, biodiversity and sustainable management

pt. 1. Amazonian floodplain forests and the environment. An introduction to South American wetland forests : distribution, definitions and general characterization / Wolfgang J. Junk and Maria T.F. Piedade ; Development of the Amazon Valley during the middle to late Quaternary : sedimentological and...

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Weitere Verfasser: Junk, Wolfgang J. (HerausgeberIn), Piedade, Maria Teresa F. (BerichterstatterIn), Wittmann, Florian (BerichterstatterIn), Schöngart, Jochen (BerichterstatterIn), Parolin, Pia (BerichterstatterIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Dordrecht, Heidelberg u.a. Springer 2010
Schriftenreihe:Ecological studies 210
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Zusammenfassung:pt. 1. Amazonian floodplain forests and the environment. An introduction to South American wetland forests : distribution, definitions and general characterization / Wolfgang J. Junk and Maria T.F. Piedade ; Development of the Amazon Valley during the middle to late Quaternary : sedimentological and climatological observations / Georg Irion ... [et al.] ; Remote sensing of the distribution and extent of wetlands in the Amazon Basin / John M. Melack and Laura L. Hess ; Phytogeography, species diversity, community structure and dynamics of central Amazonian floodplain forests / Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, and Wolfgang J. Junkpt. 2. Ecological and ecophysiological aspects of Amazonian floodplain forests. Tree phenology in Amazonian floodplain forests / Pia Parolin, Florian Wittmann, and Jochen Schöngart ; Biochemistry of Amazonian floodplain trees / Maria T.F. Piedade ... [et al.] ; The morphology and anatomy of tree roots and their aeration strategies / Karen Haase and Gudrun Rätsch ; Fine root systems and mycorrhizal associations in two central Amazonian inundation forests : igapó and várzea / Ulrike Meyer, Wolfgang J. Junk, and Christine Linck ; Morphology and anatomy of leaves / Danielle Waldhoff and Pia Parolin ; Gas exchange and photosynthesis / Pia Parolin, Danielle Waldhoff, and Maria T.F. Piedade ; Sap flow and stem respiration / Viviana Horna ... [et al.] ; Fruit and seed chemistry, biomass and dispersal / Pia Parolin, Danielle Waldhoff, and Maria T.F. Piedade ; Seed germination and seedling establishment of Amazonian floodplain trees / Astrid de Oliveira Wittmann ... [et al.] ; Nitrogen balance of a floodplain forest of the Amazon River : the role of nitrogen fixation / Jürgen Kern ... [et al.] ; Genetic variability, divergence and speciation in trees of periodically flooded forests of the Amazon : a case study of Himatanthus sucuuba (spruce) Woodson / Cristiane S. Ferreira ... [et al.] ; The importance of Amazonian floodplain forests for animal biodiversity : beetles in canopies of floodplain and upland forests / Joachim Adis ... [et al.] -- pt. 3. Sustainable management of Amazonian floodplain forests. Wood anatomy and tree-ring structure and their importance for tropical dendrochronology / Martin Worbes and Esther Fichtler ; Biomass and net primary production of central Amazonian floodplain forests / Jochen Schöngart, Florian Wittmann, and Martin Worbes ; Use of Amazonian floodplain trees / Florian Wittmann and Astrid de Oliveira Wittmann ; Traditional timber harvesting in the central Amazonian floodplains / Jochen Schöngart and Helder Lima de Queiroz ; Growth-oriented logging (GOL) : the use of species-specific growth information for forest management in central Amazonian floodplains / Jochen Schöngart -- pt. 4. Discussion and conclusions. Protected areas in the Amazonian várzea and their role in its conservation : the case of Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve (MSDR) / Helder Lima de Queiroz and Nelissa Peralta ; The role of floodplain forests in an integrated sustainable management concept of the natural resources of the central Amazonian várzea / Wolfgang J. Junk ... [et al.] ; Ecophysiology, biodiversity and sustainable management of central Amazonian floodplain forests : a synthesis / Wolfgang J. Junk ... [et al.].
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 541 - 601
Beschreibung:XVII, 615 S.
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ISBN:9048187249
90-481-8724-9
9789048187249
978-90-481-8724-9