Tropical Forests
Tropical forests occupy only one-tenth of the world's land area but are home to more than half of the world's flora and fauna. They comprise extremely complex labyrinth of ecological interactions. The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests are rapidly dwindling. There is a fear tha...
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| description | Tropical forests occupy only one-tenth of the world's land area but are home to more than half of the world's flora and fauna. They comprise extremely complex labyrinth of ecological interactions. The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests are rapidly dwindling. There is a fear that the burgeoning human population and industrialization, where a majority of these tropical forests are found, may lead to the clearing or modification or may be a complete disappearance of the remaining tropical forests within few decades. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on and has led to the change in global climate and pristine natural ecosystems. Hence, there is an urgent need to protect, restore, conserve, and improve the forest resources before they are irrevocably lost. In this second edition of the book Tropical Forests, the chapters share the above issues and help in understanding, educating, and creating awareness on the role of "tropical forests" for the very survival of mankind, climate change, and the diversity of biota across the globe. This book will be of great use and could be useful to students, scientists, ecologists, population and conservation biologists, and forest managers across the globe. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1304182024-04-14T10:28:58Z Tropical Forests Sudarshana, Padmini Nageswara-Rao, Madhugiri Soneji, Jaya R. remote sensing, sustainability, gis, ecosystem, utilization, vegetation thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture Tropical forests occupy only one-tenth of the world's land area but are home to more than half of the world's flora and fauna. They comprise extremely complex labyrinth of ecological interactions. The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests are rapidly dwindling. There is a fear that the burgeoning human population and industrialization, where a majority of these tropical forests are found, may lead to the clearing or modification or may be a complete disappearance of the remaining tropical forests within few decades. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on and has led to the change in global climate and pristine natural ecosystems. Hence, there is an urgent need to protect, restore, conserve, and improve the forest resources before they are irrevocably lost. In this second edition of the book Tropical Forests, the chapters share the above issues and help in understanding, educating, and creating awareness on the role of "tropical forests" for the very survival of mankind, climate change, and the diversity of biota across the globe. This book will be of great use and could be useful to students, scientists, ecologists, population and conservation biologists, and forest managers across the globe. 2023-12-01T17:31:54Z 2023-12-01T17:31:54Z 2018 book ONIX_20231201_9781789235630_1527 9781789235630 9781789235623 9781838814359 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/130418 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/6370 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/6370/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.69876 10.5772/intechopen.69876 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781789235630 9781789235623 9781838814359 IntechOpen 194 open access |
| spellingShingle | remote sensing, sustainability, gis, ecosystem, utilization, vegetation thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture Tropical Forests |
| title | Tropical Forests |
| title_full | Tropical Forests |
| title_fullStr | Tropical Forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tropical Forests |
| title_short | Tropical Forests |
| title_sort | tropical forests |
| topic | remote sensing, sustainability, gis, ecosystem, utilization, vegetation thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture |
| topic_facet | remote sensing, sustainability, gis, ecosystem, utilization, vegetation thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture |
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