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This book "Biodiversity of lianas" under the series "Sustainable development and Biodiversity" is unique as it covers a wide array of topics in this subject covering all continents and will constitute a valuable reference material for students, researchers and forest managers who are concerned with biodiversity, forest ecology and sustainable development of forest resources. It contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of Plant Ecology, Taxonomy and related areas of Biodiversity Science but, centered on Lianology and includes original research articles, case studies and reviews (regional and global) in biodiversity, ecology and phytogeography and conservation of lianas from temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forests. The interest in lianas has increased over the last two decades. The ultimate goal of this book is to provide an insight into the patterns of liana diversity, distribution, the role of lianas in structuring forest community, and functional ecology (carbon uptake, ecosystem services, dynamics and invasion), biotechnological tool for conservation of lianas and finally summarizes the significance and the need for conservation of lianas in the changing global environmental scenario.
List of contents
Forward. - Preface. - 1. General Introduction. - 2. Patterns of liana abundance and distribution in temperate forests. - 3. Geographical, taxonomical and ecological aspects of lianas in subtropical forests of Argentina. - 4. Liana effects on carbon storage and uptake in mature and secondary tropical forests. - 5. Diversity and distribution of climbing plants in Eurasia and North Africa. - 6. Liana assemblages in tropical forests of Africa and South East Asia: diversity, abundance and management. - 7. Diversity of lianas in Eastern Himalayas and North-Eastern India. - 8. Biodiversity of lianas and their functional traits in tropical forests of peninsular India. - 9. The contribution of lianas to forest ecology, diversity, and dynamics. - 10. Liana diversity and their ecosystem services in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel Coast of India. - 11. A review of biotechnological approaches to conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal lianas in India. - 12. Biological invasion of vines, their impacts and management. - 13. Liana diversity and the future of tropical forests. - Index
Summary
This book “Biodiversity of lianas” under the series “Sustainable development and Biodiversity” is unique as it covers a wide array of topics in this subject covering all continents and will constitute a valuable reference material for students, researchers and forest managers who are concerned with biodiversity, forest ecology and sustainable development of forest resources. It contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of Plant Ecology, Taxonomy and related areas of Biodiversity Science but, centered on Lianology and includes original research articles, case studies and reviews (regional and global) in biodiversity, ecology and phytogeography and conservation of lianas from temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forests. The interest in lianas has increased over the last two decades. The ultimate goal of this book is to provide an insight into the patterns of liana diversity, distribution, the role of lianas in structuring forest community, and functional ecology (carbon uptake, ecosystem services, dynamics and invasion), biotechnological tool for conservation of lianas and finally summarizes the significance and the need for conservation of lianas in the changing global environmental scenario.
