Psammic Peinobiomes

Nutrient-Limited Ecosystems of the Upper Orinoco and Rio Negro Basins

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Joseph Alfred Zinck, Otto Huber, Pedro García Montero, Ernesto Medina, Pedro Garcia Montero

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The book represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding soil–landscape–vegetation relationships and, specifically, the ecophysiology of plant communities developing on sandy soils of very low fertility that are subject to seasonal flooding.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-08-30
Mått155 x 235 x 36 mm
Vikt992 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcological Studies
Antal sidor541
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031207983

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Alfred Zinck: Bachelor in Geography and Master in Edaphology and Geomorphology, University of Strasbourg, France. Doctorate in Regional Planning, University of Bordeaux, France. Postdoc Soil Science Dept. University of California Berkeley, USA. Emeritus Prof., Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.Otto Huber: Bachelor in Biology (1969) Università degli Studi di Roma, Roma (Italy). Doctor degree in Botany and Geography, Leopold-Franzens- Universität, Innsbruck (Austria) 1976. Specialist in neotropical floristics and phytogeography, (the Guayana region, the Orinoco savannas, and the cloud forest of the coastal range in Venezuela). Ecologist of Ministry for the Environment (MARNR-CODESUR), Amazonas state (1977-1983). Scientific consultant (CVG - EDELCA) and (MARNR) for ecology, and environmental impact (1986-1992)(Venezuela). Coordinator, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)/Germany (1992-1994) (project: Amazonian Center for Environmental Research (CAIAH), Amazonas state, Venezuela). Pedro García Montero: Ing. Agr. Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) 1975. Master of Science (Soil Science), University of Florida, USA (1984).Long-term staff member of the governmental electric power company (CVG – EDELCA, Venezuela) and Ministry of the Environment (MARNR). Professor of Soil Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Environmental Consultant. Member of the Orinoco Group.Ernesto Medina: Bachelor in Biology (1961), Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Doktor Acker, Universität Hohenheim, Germany (1964). Postdoc. Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA (1970). Emeritus Researcher, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC). Adjunct Scientist of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry (USDA), Puerto Rico.

1 Introduction.- Part I: Forest and woodland biomes.- 2 White sand ecosystems in the Amazon basin: geographic distribution, distinctive features, and ecology. An overview.- 3 The forests of the Rio Negro basin in the north-western Amazon: a phytosociological classification.- 4 Amazon caatinga complex: sclerophyllous vegetation on nutrient-poor white sand soils.- Part II: Meadow biomes.- 5 Mapping white-sand ecosystems by integrating Global PALSAR-2 and SENTINEL-1 with NDVI (LANDSAT data).- 6 The study areas: landscapes and soils.- 7 Soil properties, formation, distribution, and classification.- 8 Origin and sources of sand: from highlands to lowlands.- 9 Sand dynamics and distribution: a geo-sedimentological approach.- 10 Features and trends of meadow landscape evolution.- 11 Meadow phytodiversity: flora, endemism, vegetation types, and geographic distribution patterns.- 12 Synthesis: white-sand and meadow-vegetation relationships.