Psammic Peinobiomes

Psammic Peinobiomes

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

Huber, Otto; Zinck, Joseph Alfred; Garcia Montero, Pedro; Medina, Ernesto

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2024

541

Mole

9783031208010

15 a 20 dias

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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.
white-sand ecosystems;geopedology;tropical peinobiomes;dystrophic soils;white-sand forests;white-sand meadows;vegetation and soil sampling;plant physiological ecology;Amazon basin;Rio Negro;Caatinga;phytodiversity;endemism;plant communities;Orinoco;forest and herbaceous ecosystems;landscape evolution and vulnerability