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Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador

An interdisciplinary research unit consisting of 30 teams in the natural, economic and social sciences analyzed biodiversity and ecosystem services of a mountain rainforest ecosystem in the hotspot of the tropical Andes, with special reference to past, current and future environmental changes. The g...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Bendix, Jörg (Éditeur intellectuel), Beck, Erwin (Éditeur intellectuel), Bräuning, Achim (Éditeur intellectuel), Makeschin, Franz (Éditeur intellectuel), Mosandl, Reinhard (Éditeur intellectuel), Scheu, Stefan (Éditeur intellectuel), Wilcke, Wolfgang (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Édition:1st ed. 2013.
Collection:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 221
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Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • The Study Area
  • Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador
  • The Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Podocarpus-El Cóndor Biosphere Reserve
  • The Concept of Ecosystem Services and its Application in the Research Unit RU 816
  • Landscape History, Vegetation History and Past Human Impacts
  • Past Dynamics of Speciation in Andean
  • Mountain Rainforests
  • Diversity in Soil Fungi and Invertebrates
  • Plant Diversity and its Relevance for the Provision of Ecosystem Services
  • Supporting, Regulating and Provisioning Hydrological Services
  • The Carbon Balance of Tropical Mountain Forests Along an Altitudinal Transect
  • Current Regulating and Supporting Services: Nutrient Cycles
  • Natural Landslides which Impact Current Regulating Services: Environmental Preconditions and Modelling
  • Conservation, Management of Natural Forests and Reforestation of Pastures to Retain and Restore Current Provisioning Services
  • Mycorrhiza Networks Promote Biodiversity and Stabilize the Tropical Mountain Rain Forest Ecosystem - Perspectives for Understanding Complex Communities
  • Current Provisioning Services: Pasture Development and Use, Weeds (Bracken) and Management
  • Current Provisioning Ecosystem Services for the Local Population: Landscape Transformation, Land Use, and Plant Use
  • Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation Payments are Key Factors in Mitigating Tropical Forest Loss
  • Climate Change Effects on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
  • Global Climate Change Impacts on Local Climate and Hydrology
  • Impacts of Local Land-Use Change on Climate and Hydrology
  • Current and Future Variations of Nutrient Depositions and Influences on Tree Growth
  • Nutrient Additions Affecting Matter Turnover in Forest and Pasture Ecosystems
  • Effects of Nutrient Addition on the Productivity of Montane Forests and Implications for the Carbon Cycle
  • Climate Change and its Impact on Current and Future Vegetation Dynamics and Carbon Cycling
  • Sustainable Use of Tropical Forests: A Plea for a Landscape View
  • Future Provisioning Services: Repasturisation of Abandoned Pastures, Problems and Pasture Management
  • Towards a Sustainable Land Use Portfolio
  • Knowledge Transfer for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources - a Case Study from Southern Ecuador
  • The Role of Biodiversity Research for the Local Scientific Community. .