Taxonomy and ecology of climbers : climbing plants of India / Vivek Pandi.
2023
QK358
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Title
Taxonomy and ecology of climbers : climbing plants of India / Vivek Pandi.
Author
Pandi, Vivek, author.
ISBN
9789811986451 (electronic bk.)
9811986452 (electronic bk.)
9811986444
9789811986444
9811986452 (electronic bk.)
9811986444
9789811986444
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (665 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-8645-1 doi
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QK358
Dewey Decimal Classification
582.1/80954
Summary
This book brings out the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the taxonomy, biodiversity, and ecology of climbers in India. Climbing is one of the principal plant growth habits that have long attracted the interests of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Climbing plants can add significantly to the species richness of many tropical forests ecosystems, yet they receive relatively lesser attention than trees in ecological studies. The difficulties in taxonomic assertions and lack of standard methodologies overlook climbers in plant inventories, resulting in the underrepresentation of climbers in regional floras. There is a growing consensus about the increasing abundance of climbers and their multifaceted role in tropical forests worldwide. Therefore, it is essential to understand the taxonomic diversity and ecology of climbers at the regional scale to substantiate our efforts towards constructing a global climber database, which serves as a reference for fundamental research in climber ecology and evolution. This book is of interest to biodiversity researchers, taxonomists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists. Field biologists, forest managers, and naturalists will also find this a useful read.
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TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF CLIMBERS.
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Table of Contents
1. Climbers - a general overview
2. Overview of the research on climbers from the past to the present: a global analysis
3. Ecology of Lianas: Diversity and distribution
4. Current status and future prospects
5. Taxonomic diversity of climbing flora in India A compendium
6. Climber radiations in Angiosperms: How many families have climbers?
2. Overview of the research on climbers from the past to the present: a global analysis
3. Ecology of Lianas: Diversity and distribution
4. Current status and future prospects
5. Taxonomic diversity of climbing flora in India A compendium
6. Climber radiations in Angiosperms: How many families have climbers?