Tropical Forested Watersheds
Author : Lawrence S Hamilton
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 1983-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence S Hamilton
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 1983-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : M. Bonell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521829533
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
Author : William F. Laurance
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 1997-06-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226468983
We live in an increasingly fragmented world, with islands of natural habitat cast adrift in a sea of cleared, burned, logged, polluted, and otherwise altered lands. Nowhere are fragmentation and its devastating effects more evident than in the tropical forests. By the year 2000, more than half of these forests will have been cut, causing increased soil erosion, watershed destabilization, climate degradation, and extinction of as many as 600,000 species. Tropical Forest Remnants provides the best information available to help us understand, manage, and conserve the remaining fragments. Covering geographic areas from Southeast Asia and Australia to Madagascar and the New World, this volume summarizes what is known about the ecology, management, restoration, socioeconomics, and conservation of fragmented forests. Thirty-three papers present results of recent research as well as updates from decades-long projects in progress. Two final chapters synthesize the state of research on tropical forest fragmentation and identify key priorities for future work.
Author : David Dudgeon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080557171
Tropical Stream Ecology describes the main features of tropical streams and their ecology. It covers the major physico-chemical features, important processes such as primary production and organic-matter transformation, as well as the main groups of consumers: invertebrates, fishes and other vertebrates. Information on concepts and paradigms developed in north-temperate latitudes and how they do not match the reality of ecosystems further south is expertly addressed. The pressing matter of conservation of tropical streams and their biodiversity is included in almost every chapter, with a final chapter providing a synthesis on conservation issues. For the first time, Tropical Stream Ecology places an important emphasis on viewing research carried out in contributions from international literature. - First synthetic account of the ecology of all types of tropical streams - Covers all of the major tropical regions - Detailed consideration of possible fundamental differences between tropical and temperate stream ecosystems - Threats faced by tropical stream ecosystems and possible conservation actions - Descriptions and synstheses life-histories and breeding patterns of major aquatic consumers (fishes, invertebrates)
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1933286865
Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.
Author : Stephen D. Elliott
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 9781842464427
Restoring Tropical Forests is a user-friendly guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit, this book will enable improvements in existing forest restoration projects and provide a key resource for new ones. The book presents three aspects of the restoration of tropical forest ecosystems: the concepts of tropical forest dynamics and regeneration that are relevant to tropical forest restoration, proven restoration techniques and case studies of their successful application, and research methods to refine such techniques and adapt them to local ecological and socio-economic conditions.
Author : Lawrence S. Hamilton
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9788170890560
Tropical forests are being altered or replaced at a rate that has aroused much concern among the global scientific community. Of particular importance is the effect on soil and water of activities involving alterations and conversions of Forests for cultivation, grazing, logging or other purposes. This book synthesis current knowledge about the effects of twelve different human activities on various water and soil phenomena, including groundwater, spring, and well levels; stream-flow quantity, timing and distribution; on-site erosion; sediment in stream; and nutrient outflow. Each chapter includes a short section suggesting appropriate management and policy guidelines to minimize adverse effects and enhance benefits.
Author : Devendra Amatya
Publisher : CABI
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 2016-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1780646607
Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community. They interact with water and soil in a variety of ways, providing canopy surfaces which trap precipitation and allow evaporation back into the atmosphere, thus regulating how much water reaches the forest floor as through fall, as well as pull water from the soil for transpiration. The discipline "forest hydrology" has been developed throughout the 20th century. During that time human intervention in natural landscapes has increased, and land use and management practices have intensified. The book will be useful for graduate students, professionals, land managers, practitioners, and researchers with a good understanding of the basic principles of hydrology and hydrologic processes.
Author : Fan-Rui Meng
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 3039213857
Hydrological processes in forested watersheds are influenced by environmental, physiological, and biometric factors such as precipitation, radiation, temperature, species type, leaf area, and extent and structure of forest ecosystems. Over the past two centuries, forest coverage and forest structures have been impacted globally by anthropogenic activities, for example, forest harvesting, and conversion of forested landscapes for plantations and urbanization. In addition, since the industrial revolution, climate change has resulted in profound impacts on forest ecosystems due to higher carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration or CO2 fertilization, warmer temperatures, changes in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and natural disturbances. As a result, hydrological processes in forested watersheds have been altered by these natural and anthropogenic factors and these changes are expected to accelerate due to future changing climatic conditions. Hence, understanding how various environmental, physiological, and physical drivers interactively influence hydrological and biogeochemical processes in forest ecosystems is critical for sustainable water supply in forested watersheds. About 21% of the global population depends on water sources that originate in forested catchments where forest coverage larger than 30%. Furthermore, there are knowledge gaps in our understanding of the mechanism of hydrological and hydrochemical cycles in forested watersheds. This Special Issue addresses these gaps in our knowledge and includes twelve papers in the following three major research themes in forest watershed areas.
Author : U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Deforestation
ISBN :