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Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management (Ecological Studies, 210) by Wolfgang J. Junk, Maria T. F. Piedade (auth.), Wolfgang J. Junk, Maria T. F. Piedade, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Pia Parolin (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management (Ecological Studies, 210) about?
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
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- Author
- Wolfgang J. Junk, Maria T. F. Piedade (auth.), Wolfgang J. Junk, Maria T. F. Piedade, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Pia Parolin (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789048187256
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Nature, Management
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