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Author | : W.T. Adams |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401128154 |
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Tropical climates, which occur between 23°30'N and S latitude (Jacob 1988), encompass a wide variety of plant communities (Hartshorn 1983, 1988), many of which are diverse in their woody floras. Within this geographic region, temperature and the amount and seasonality of rainfall define habitat types (UNESCO 1978). The F AO has estimated that there 1 are about 19 million km of potentially forested area in the global tropics, of which 58% were estimated to still be in closed forest in the mid-1970s (Sommers 1976; UNESCO 1978). Of this potentially forested region, 42% is categorized as dry forest lifezone, 33% is tropical moist forest, and 25% is wet or rain forest (Lugo 1988). The species diversity of these tropical habitats is very high. Raven (1976, in Mooney 1988) estimated that 65% of the 250,000 or more plant species of the earth are found in tropical regions. Of this floristic assemblage, a large fraction are woody species. In the well-collected tropical moist forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 39. 7% (481 of 1212 species) of the native phanerogams are woody, arborescent species (Croat 1978). Another 21. 9% are woody vines and lianas. Southeast Asian Dipterocarp forests may contain 120-200 species of trees per hectare (Whitmore 1984), and recent surveys in upper Amazonia re corded from 89 to 283 woody species ~ 10 cm dbh per hectare (Gentry 1988). Tropical communities thus represent a global woody flora of significant scope.
Author | : Yuji Ide |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2021-08-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 303651242X |
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Forest tree improvement has mainly been implemented to enhance the productivity of artificial forests. However, given the drastically changing global environment, improvement of various traits related to environmental adaptability is more essential than ever. This book focuses on genetic information, including trait heritability and the physiological mechanisms thereof, which facilitate tree improvement. Nineteen papers are included, reporting genetic approaches to improving various species, including conifers, broad-leaf trees, and bamboo. All of the papers in this book provide cutting-edge genetic information on tree genetics and suggest research directions for future tree improvement.
Author | : Gene Namkoong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ph Baradat |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : W. T. Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1992 |
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Author | : Filippos A. (Phil) Aravanopoulos |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2018-11-23 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 3038972983 |
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Genetics and Genomics of Forest Trees" that was published in Forests
Author | : Timothy L. White |
Publisher | : Cabi |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780851993485 |
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This book, which contains 20 chapters, integrates the varied subdisciplines of genetics and their applications in gene conservation, tree improvement and biotechnology. Topics covered include: genetic variation in natural forests, the application of genetics in tree improvement and breeding programmes, and genomic sequences and molecular technologies. This book will be a valuable resource for students, scientists and professionals in the plant sciences, especially forest geneticists, tree breeders, forest managers and other natural resource specialists.
Author | : Andrew Young |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2000-07-24 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0643102574 |
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Forest management must be sustainable not only in ecological, economic and social, but also genetic terms. Many forest managers are advocating and developing management strategies that give priority to conserving genetic diversity within production systems, or that recognise the importance of genetic considerations in achieving sustainable management. Forest Conservation Genetics draws together much previously uncollected information relevant to managing and conserving forests. The content emphasises the importance of conserving genetic diversity in achieving sustainable management. Each chapter is written by a leading expert and has been peer reviewed. Readers without a background in genetics will find the logical sequence of topics allows easy understanding of the principles involved and how those principles may impact on day-to-day forest planning and management decisions. The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of biology, ecology, forestry, and graduate students of forest genetics, resource management policy and/or conservation biology. It will prove useful for those teaching courses in these fields and as such help to increase the awareness of genetic factors in conservation and sustainable management, in both temperate and tropical regions.
Author | : Hans-Rolf Gregorius |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985-10-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9783540159803 |
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When we consider the main object of forestry, the tree, it immediately becomes clear why experimental population geneticists have been so hesitant in making this object a primary concern of their research. Trees are very long-living organisms with generation intervals frequently exceeding those of their investigators by multiples. They virtually exclude, therefore, application of the classical methods of population genetics since these are based on observing genetic structures over generations. This situation, where the limits set to observation are so severe, particularly requires close cooperation between theory and experiment. It also requires careful consideration of results obtained for organisms other than trees, in order to gain additional insights by comparing the results for trees with those for other organisms. Yet, the greatest challenge to population and ecological genetics probably originates from the fact that forests are very likely to be the most complex ecosystems of all, even in some cases where they are subject to intense management. This complexity, which equally comprises biotic and abiotic factors varying both in time and space, makes extremely high demands on the adaptational capacity and thus flexibility of the carriers of such an ecosystem. Longevity combined with immobility during the vegetative phase, however, appears to contradict the obvious necessity of adaptational flexibility in forest tree populations when compared with short lived and/or mobile organisms.
Author | : Reiner Finkeldey |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2006-11-22 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3540373985 |
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This book provides a solid scientific basis for researchers, practitioners and students interested in the application of genetic principles to tropical forest ecology and management. It presents a concise overview of genetic variation, evolutionary processes and the human impact on forest genetic resources in the tropics. In addition, modern tools to assess genetic diversity patterns and the dynamics of genetic structures are introduced to the non-specialist reader.