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Title
Ecosystem and species adaptations in the Andean-Amazonian region : traditional land-use systems in Peru / Ana Sabogal.
ISBN
9783031443855 (electronic bk.)
3031443853 (electronic bk.)
9783031443848
3031443845
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 200 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-44385-5 doi
Call Number
QH128
Dewey Decimal Classification
508.85
Summary
This book focuses on ecosystems and species adaptations in the unique Peruvian Andean-Amazonian region. The presence of the Andes as the backbone is the cause of the huge ecosystem diversity and biodiversity of species that characterize the Andean-Amazonian ecosystems. The complex orography of Peru as results of the Andes presence in its tropical setting favors the occurrence of local climatic features that provide diverse environmental conditions for multiple, unique plant and animal species, many of them endemic to the Andes. The book will introduce the reader to the climatic history and geography of the Peruvian Andes and the Peruvian Natural Areas Protection system focusing on the Manu and Northwest biosphere reserves given their relevant ecological importance as well as the relationship between them and the local population. Important global topics like urbanization, deglaciation and global warming will be analyzed and discussed due to their impact in the Andes-Amazon ecosystems. Finally, the traditional land-use systems, agrobiodiversity and agrodiversity in Peru are present and linked with the climate change adaptations.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 11, 2023).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031443848
1- Basic concepts of ecology applied on the neotropic ecosystems
2 - Natural resources and sustainable development in Peru
3 - Classification of the Peruvian Ecosystems
4 - Peruvian ecosystems geography
5 - Biodiversity and endemism of the Andes
6 - Ecological communities, populations and metapopulations
7 - Succession and change of the ecosystems
8 - Biodiversity of the Amazonia Basin
9 - Peruvian protected natural areas
10 - The paramo ecosystems
11 - The Humboldt National Forest
12 - The Northwest Biosphere Reserve
13 - Urban ecosystems and development
14 - Climate changes
15 - Traditional land-use systems and agrobiodiversity in Peru
Index.
