Keywords:
Plant ecology.
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Biodiversity.
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Plants Evolution.
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Botanical chemistry.
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Plant Ecology.
;
Biodiversity.
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Plant Evolution.
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Plant Biochemistry.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 – General features of the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 2 – Classification and mapping of the vegetation of the Brazilian Pantanal -- Chapter 3 – Flora of the Pantanal -- Chapter 4 – Aquatic plants -- Chapter 5 – Leguminosae in the Pantanal -- Chapter 6 - Lichenized Ascomycota from the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil -- Chapter 7 – Hydrology and vegetation base for classification of macrohabitats of the Brazilian Pantanal for policy-making and management -- Chapter 8 – Monodominant stands in the Pantanal -- Chapter 9 – Composition and distribution of woody and palm vegetation in the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 10 – Natural pastures of the Pantanal: diversity, productive potential and dynamics -- Chapter 11 – Woody encroachment and its control in periodically flooded grasslands of the Pantanal, a large Brazilian wetland -- Chapter 12 – Paleovegetation inferences and landscape evolution in the Pantanal Basin -- Chapter 13 – Synthesis of the present knowledge on plant phenology of the Pantanal -- Chapter 14 – Temporal patterns of pollination and seed dispersal in capões of the southern Pantanal -- Chapter 15 – Soil seed banks in the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 16 – Plant morphoanatomical adaptations to environmental conditions of the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 17 – Metabolomics applied to understand and determine ecological and evolutionary relationships, and medicinal potential of plants from Pantanal -- Chapter 18 – Fire, flood and Pantanal vegetation -- Chapter 19 – Wild food plants of the Pantanal: past, present and future -- Chapter 20 – Ecological restoration of Pantanal wetlands -- Chapter 21 – Monetary value of the ecosystem services of the Pantanal and its surroundings: first approximations and perspectives -- Index.
Abstract:
This book will present information on Pantanal vegetation including an updated checklist of flora, useful plants, ecological aspects and some topics never published for this region, such as lichens. It aims to be a reference for researchers, graduate and undergraduate students as well as stakeholders and decision makers interested in the flora and vegetation of one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
XXI, 802 p. 182 illus., 165 illus. in color.
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online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2021.
ISBN:
9783030833756
Series Statement:
Plant and Vegetation, 18
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83375-6
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-83375-6
DDC:
581.7
Language:
English
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