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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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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Rivera-Monroy, Victor H; Lee, Shing Yip; Kristensen, Erik; Twilley, Robert R
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Life Sciences
Ecosystems
Aquatic ecology
Conservation biology
Ecology
Forestry
Environmental management
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4
Summary: 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 effort that focuses on regions and countries holding the largest mangrove resources and encompasses the major biogeographic and socio-economic settings of mangrove distribution. Given the economic and ecological importance of mangrove wetlands at the global scale, the chapters aim to integrate ecolo
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XVI, 399 pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319622064
Index Number: QH541
CLC: Q10
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. Anthrop

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