High Altitudes of the Himalaya: Biodiversity, ecology & environment
Author : Y. P. S. Pangtey
Publisher :
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biodiversity
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Author : Y. P. S. Pangtey
Publisher :
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biodiversity
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Author : Dean Jacobsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 019873686X
Despite the abundance of high altitude aquatic ecosystems in certain regions, their biology and ecology has never been summarized in detail. Although poorly considered in classical textbooks of ecology and limnology, these threatened and exploited habitats have much to offer existing (aquatic) ecological theories and applications.
Author : A. K. Kapoor
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 10,54 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788185880167
The present volume emphasizes the importance of studying the structure and functioning of ecological systems and their mode of reaction on exposure to human intervention in the Himalayas. It stresses the impact of man on his environment and vice-versa, considered in the areas of biological and adaptative entity, as well as a social, cultural and economic being.
Author : S P Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811944768
This book brings together comprehensive multi-disciplinary knowledge on diverse aspects of the Himalayan treeline ecotone which is considered one of the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change. The contents of this book are based on the results of extensive research and provide a holistic understanding of the treeline ecotone in Himalaya. The book will serve as an important reference manual and a textbook on treeline ecology. The book is unique in the sense that it provides an engaging account of almost all the aspects of the treeline ecotone, such as taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic species diversity, temperature lapse rates, tree phenology, water relations, and stress physiology, tree ring width chronology, and climate relationships and the role of treeline ecotone in human sustenance in the Indian Himalayan region The treelines in the Himalaya, being the highest in the Northern Hemisphere (up to 4900 m), are among the least investigated systems and hence this book is timely and fills all-important knowledge gaps vis-à-vis treeline shifts, physiognomic, structural, and functional changes in mountain landscapes and ecosystems, particularly under the changing climate This book, for the first time, summarizes evidence-based knowledge about various aspects of treeline ecotone in Himalaya that was largely generated through a well-coordinated a team science approach. The book will be of interest to ecologists, climatologists, dendrochronologists, foresters, plant physiologists and resource managers and policy planners for a better understanding of the organization and dynamics of this fragile ecosystem in relation to climate change and other anthropogenic stresses that are rampant in the Himalaya. The book lays a solid foundation for further investigation of the ecology and dynamics of the treeline ecotone in the Himalayas and provides a rationale for pursuing a team science approach for macroecological investigations.
Author : G. S. Gujral
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biodiversity
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Author : Yash Pal Singh Pangtey
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release :
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Author : Uppeandra Dhar
Publisher : Gyanodaya Prakashan
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 28,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Papers presented at a brain storming session organized by G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development.
Author : Y. P. S. Pangtey
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Ch. Korner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1000699013
Originally published in 2002, Mountain Biodiversity deals with the biological richness, function and change of mountain environments. The book was birthed from the first global conference on mountain biodiversity and was a contribution to the International Year of Mountains in 2002. The book examines biological diversity as essential for the integrity of mountain ecosystems and argues that this dependency is likely to increase as environmental climates and social conditions change. This book seeks to examine the biological riches of all major mountain ranges, from around the world and using existing knowledge on mountain biodiversity, examines a broad range of research in diversity, including that of plants, animals, human and bacterial diversity. The book also examines climate change and mountain biodiversity as well as land use and conservation.
Author : M. S. Mani
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Ecology
ISBN :