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Evergreens : types, ecology, and conservation / Adriano D. Bezerra and Tadeu S. Ferreira, editors.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conifers.
- Evergreens.
- Conifers--Classification.
- Conifers--Ecology.
- Forest ecology.
- Conifers--Conservation.
- Forest conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the types, ecology and conservation of evergreens. Topics discussed in this compilation include evergreen conifer forests in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, Japan; light responses and gender issues in the domestication process of Yerba-Mate evergreens; spatio-temporal variation in edge effects on the herpetofauma of a Mexican tropical rain forest; conservation of the Chinese cathay silver fir; ecological significance of leaf longevity of the cerrado woody species; and temperature and transpiration effects of selective cutting of large trees in a broad-leaved evergreen forest in central Cambodia.
- Contents:
- ""EVERGREENS TYPES, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ""; ""EVERGREENS TYPES, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""EVERGREEN CONIFER FORESTS IN HOKKAIDO AND SAKHALIN: DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, AND HISTORY SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""I. PREFACE ""; ""II. REGIONAL SETTING ""; ""1. Sakhalin ""; ""2. Hokkaido ""; ""III. CONIFEROUS FOREST IN SAKHALIN AND HOKKAIDO ""; ""1. Coniferous Forest in Sakhalin ""; ""2. Coniferous Forest in Hokkaido ""; ""IV. DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF EVERGREEN CONIFERS IN HOKKAIDO AND SAKHALIN ""; ""1. Picea Glehnii Forest ""
- ""Picea Glehnii Forest in Bogs """"Picea Glehnii Forest in the Serpentine Region ""; ""Picea Glehnii Forest on Sand Dunes ""; ""Picea Glehnii Forest on Areas Burned by Forest Fires ""; ""Picea Glehnii Forest on Volcanic Sand and Gravel ""; ""Picea Glehnii-Rumohra Mutica Sociation ""; ""Picea Glehnii-Abies Sachalinensis-Moss Sociation ""; ""Picea Glehnii Forest on Rocky Slopes ""; ""2. Picea Jezoensis-Abies Sachalinensis Forest ""; ""Picea Jezoensis-Abies Sachalinensis-Sasa Senanensis Sociation ""; ""Picea Jezoensis-Abies Sachalinensis-Carex Sachalinensis Sociation ""
- ""3. Abies Sachalinensis Forest """"4. Picea Jezoensis Forest ""; ""Picea Jezoensis-Sasa Cernua Sociation ""; ""Picea Jezoensis-Sasa Senanensis Sociation ""; ""5. Taxus Cuspidata Forest ""; ""Young Taxus Cuspidata Forest ""; ""6 Thujopsis Dolabrata Var. Hondai Forest ""; ""7. Pinus Pentaphylla Forest ""; ""8. Pinus Pumila Thicket ""; ""V. FOREST HISTORY IN SAKHALIN ""; ""1. History of Picea Jezoensis Forest on the Schmidt Peninsula, Northernmost Sakhalin ""; ""2. History of Picea Jezoensis Forest in Khoe, Central West Sakhalin ""
- ""3. History of the Picea Glehnii Forest on Its Northern Distribution Limit in Sakhalin """"VI. HISTORY OF EVERGREEN CONIFER FORESTS IN HOKKAIDO ""; ""1. History of Picea Glehnii Forest in the Mires of Minamihama and Numaura in Rishiri Island, Northwestern Hokkaido ""; ""2. Picea Glehnii Forest on the Surpentine Ridge in the Teshio Mountains, Northern Hokkaido ""; ""3. Forest History in the Kenbuchi Basin in Northern Hokkaido ""; ""4. Forest History of the Furano Basin in Central Hokkaido since the Last Glacial ""
- ""5. History of Picea Glehnii Forest on the Ochiishi Cape Mire in Eastern Hokkaido """"6. History of Picea Glhenii Forest on the Habomai Bog in Nemuro Peninsula ""; ""7. History of Picea Glehnii Forest in Kyogoku Mire in Southwestern Hokkaido ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""LIGHT RESPONSES AND GENDER ISSUES IN THE DOMESTICATION PROCESS OF YERBA-MATE, A SUBTROPICAL EVERGREEN ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""DOMESTICATING A SHADE-TOLERANT EVERGREEN FOR OPEN PLANTATION CONDITIONS ""; ""Economical and Pharmacological Importance ""
- ""Important Biochemical Components of Yerba-Mate Taste ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/28/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-61942-207-7
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