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Tropical dry deciduous forest = research trends and emerging features /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Tropical dry deciduous forest/ by J. S. Singh, R. K. Chaturvedi.
Reminder of title:	research trends and emerging features /
Author:	Singh, J. S.
other author:	Chaturvedi, R. K.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Singapore : : 2017.,
Description:	xiii, 238 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Tropical dry forests. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7260-4
ISBN:	9789811072604

Tropical dry deciduous forest = research trends and emerging features /
Singh, J. S.

Tropical dry deciduous forestresearch trends and emerging features /[electronic resource] :by J. S. Singh, R. K. Chaturvedi. - Singapore :Springer Singapore :2017. - xiii, 238 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

Introduction -- Global coverage, climate and soil -- Vegetation attributes -- Plant traits and regeneration -- Productivity and nutrient cycling -- Influence of biotic pressure and land-use changes -- Research perspectives.

Tropical dry deciduous forests (TDFs) can be found in severe and extremely variable climates characterized by low annual rainfall, 5-6 dry months within the annual cycle, and nutrient-poor soil. Several terms have been used for this vegetation type such as seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF), tropical dry deciduous forest, monsoon forest, caatinga, cuabal, etc. More than any other factor, the lack of precipitation during a prolonged portion of the year is what produces true dry forest, an ecosystem type characterized by plants and animals with specific adaptations to survive the long dry season. Deciduousness is the single most important adaptation among plants to the extended droughts. Most of the trees drop their leaves after the rains end, and essentially halt photosynthesis, as they would otherwise be unable to survive the water loss during the dry season. TDFs are subject to intensive anthropogenic disturbances and are among the most at-risk ecosystems in the world. In order to assess the conservation status of this forest type, information is required on its distribution pattern, climate, the structure and functional traits of its vegetation, phenology, strategies for coping with drought and nutrient poverty, and disturbances and their effects. In this book, we review important studies on TDFs around the globe, particularly those in the northern dry deciduous forests of India. We put forward the claim that those TDFs that experience drought and arise on nutrient-poor sites feature adaptations such as deciduousness, as well as a variety of nutrient conservation strategies. They also experience biotic disturbances, which can result in fragmentation and ecosystem conversion, and therefore exhibit changes in biomass, productivity, and soil microbial biomass, etc.

ISBN: 9789811072604

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-10-7260-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1198403
Tropical dry forests.

LC Class. No.: QH541.5.T66

Dewey Class. No.: 634.97

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