Terrestrial biomes : geographic distribution, biodiversity, and environmental threats / Marlon Nguyen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nguyen, Marlon, editor.

Series:

Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)

Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial ecology.

Biotic communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides current research on terrestrial biomes. Chapter One demonstrates the severe conditions of arctic areas that lead to the formation of common characteristics for all complexes of soil microfungi. Chapter Two discusses plant and terrestrial microbial communities in the Alaskan tundra. Chapter Three examines spontaneous stand regeneration and herb layer restoration in post-fire woods 16 years after a forest fire. Chapter Four reviews regularities and features of differentiation and anthropogenic transformation of steppe vegetation. In Chapter Five, the capacity of combination of biomass and native microorganism for fique bagasse from farmers from a region of Colombia named Oriente Antioqueño, was studied with the objective to degrade the tetracolorisoftalonitril active ingredient.

Contents:

TERRESTRIAL BIOMES GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ; TERRESTRIAL BIOMES GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND BIODIVERSITY OF MICROFUNGI IN SOILS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS (AT TAIMYR PENINSULA AND NEARBY ISLANDS AS A SIMULATION MODEL OF ARCTIC) ; Abstract; Introduction; Result; The Activity of Soil Microfungi; Taxonomical Structure of Microfungi from Polar Desert; Structure of Soil Microfungi Complexes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Biographical Sketches

Chapter 2 THE ALASKAN TUNDRA: PLANT AND TERRESTRIAL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE Abstract; Introduction; Changing Arctic Vegetation; Satellite Data and Aerial Observations; Field-Based, Direct Observations; Field-Based, Experimental Studies; Fire Consequences; Plant and Tundra Soil Microbial Communities; Global Warming Effects on Tundra Soil Microbial Communities; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 SPONTANEOUS STAND REGENERATION AND HERB LAYER RESTORATION IN POST-FIRE WOODS 16 YEARS AFTER A FOREST FIRE (RUDZINIEC FORESTS, SOUTHERN POLAND CASE)

AbstractIntroduction; Short History of the Site; Field Methods and Data Analyses; Stand Structure and Its Natural Regeneration; Herbaceous Layer Composition; Results; Stand Structure and its Natural Regeneration in Thinned and Unthinned Post-Fire Forests; Herb Layer Composition; Microcommunities in the Thinned Forest; Microcommunities of the Unthinned Forest; Ecological Characteristics of the Herb Layer in the Thinned and Unthinned Forests; Discussion; Stand Structure and Species Composition; Stand Regeneration Dynamics; Herb Layer Composition and its Ecological Characteristics

Species RichnessHerb Layer Horizontal Structure; Ecological Characteristics of the Herb Layer Species; Herb Layer Species with an Affinity to the Thinned and Unthinned Forests; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix 1. Mean, Maximum and Minimum Values of Cover and Constancy of Herbaceous Species in the Thinned Forest; Appendix 2. Mean, Maximum and Minimum Values of Cover and Constancy of Herbaceous Species in the Unthinned Forest; Chapter 4 REGULARITIES AND FEATURES OF DIFFERENTIATION AND ANTHROPOGENIC TRANSFORMATION OF STEPPE VEGETATION ; Abstract; Introduction

Evolution and Formation of Steppe Phytobiota in the South of East European PlainThe Phytocenotic Diversity of Steppe Vegetation in the Systems of Dominant and Floristic Classifications; Syntaxons of Xerothermic Steppe Petrophyte and Psammophyte Vegetation of the Region, Selected by the Method of Braun-Blanquet; Idle Lands and Barrows As Potential Sources of Steppe Vegetation Restoration; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Chapter 5 USE OF MICROORGANISMS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVE TO TREAT AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-643-5