Grassland biodiversity : habitat types, ecological processes and environmental impacts /

"Genetic diversity and species diversity are both crucial for ecosystem stability. Analysis of plant diversity aims to understand the organization and the variability of biological populations within ecosystems. This book provides a review on chemotaxonomical criteria helping to understand comp...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Runas, Johan, Dahlgren, Theodor
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]
Collection:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Sujets:
Grasslands.
Grassland conservation.
Grassland ecology.
Biodiversity conservation.
Prairies.
Prairies > Conservation.
Écologie des prairies.
Biodiversité > Conservation.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Genetic diversity and species diversity are both crucial for ecosystem stability. Analysis of plant diversity aims to understand the organization and the variability of biological populations within ecosystems. This book provides a review on chemotaxonomical criteria helping to understand complex structures of plant diversity. It focuses particularly on the chemotaxonomic usefulness of phenolic compounds in analysis of chemical polymorphisms at different taxonomic levels. The relationship between grazing pressure and grassland vegetation is also examined, using drastically improved information technology such as remote sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Ground Positioning Systems (GPS). Furthermore, an overview of the unique ecosystem of the South Brazilian Campos grasslands are given. The role of disturbance in maintaining Campos biodiversity and dynamics, and the importance of its conservation, is looked at as well. Other chapters in this book discuss the relationship between management and vegetation, and also suggest ways to conserve the species diversity of both plants and butterflies in semi-natural grassland."--Publisher's description.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781617280726
1617280720

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