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Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function, and Services /

This book presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of mangrove ecological processes, structure, and function at the local, biogeographic, and global scales and how these properties interact to provide key ecosystem services to society. The analysis is based on an international collaborative ef...

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Other Authors: Rivera-Monroy, Victor H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lee, Shing Yip. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kristensen, Erik. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Twilley, Robert R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Ecosystems.
Aquatic ecology .
Forestry.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Environmental management.
Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
Conservation Biology/Ecology.
Environmental Management.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Mangrove Floristics and Biogeography Revisited: Further Deductions from Biodiversity Hot Spots, Ancestral Discontinuities and Common Evolutionary Processes
  • Chapter 3. Biodiversity
  • Chapter 4. Spatial Ecology of Mangrove Forests: A Remote Sensing Perspective
  • Chapter 5. Productivity and Carbon Dynamics in Mangrove Wetlands
  • Chapter 6. Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Approaches and Perspectives
  • Chapter 7. Mangrove Ecosystems and Climate Change
  • Chapter 8. Mangroves and People: Local Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate
  • Chapter 9. Anthropogenic Drivers of Mangrove Loss: Geographic Patterns and Implications for Livelihoods
  • Chapter 10. Mangrove Forest Restoration and Rehabilitation
  • Chapter 11. Advancing Mangrove Macroecology
  • Chapter 12. Epilogue.

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