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Over the last decade, the field of plant ecology has significantly developed and expanded, especially in research concerning the herbaceous layer and ground vegetation of forests. This revised second edition of The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America accounts for that growth, presenting research that approaches the ecology of the herb layer of forests from a variety of disciplines, perspectives, and levels of ecological organization. The book synthesizes the research of top ecologists on herbaceous layer structure, composition, and dynamics of a variety of forest ecosystem typ

Forest ecology --- Forest plants --- Forest botany --- Forest flora --- Forest vegetation --- Forest wildlife plants --- Forest-zone plants --- Wildlife plants, Forest --- Woodland plants --- Woodland vegetation --- Forests and forestry --- Plants --- Woodland garden plants --- Forest ecosystems --- Ecology

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The scope of biodiversity science is vast. The conservation of the rich biological wealth of our planet earth, sustainable use of biodiversity resources and their wiser management become crucial and challenging. On-going global changes exert their effect on biodiversity, bio-resources and their use patterns for sustainable development as to conserve them for generations to come. The lianas or the woody climbers form one of the fascinating groups of forest plant diversity, yet remain relatively under-researched, as compared to trees. They occur in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forests, but particularly diverse in tropical environments, and their density is exceedingly high in dry tropics. Lianas have both positive and negative contribution in forest ecology, particularly the liana load on trees reduce tree growth and enhance tree mortality. Lianas also play important positive roles in forest functioning, contribute substantially to forest aboveground biomass and render several ecosystem services (rewarding leaf, flower and fruit resources )  to various faunal communities, and provide several goods of economic importance utilized by humans (from ropes, fruits to medicine). That being the importance of lianas in forest ecosystem, it calls for greater attention in sustainable resource use and wiser management of biodiversity and conservation for ecosystem well-being and human welfare. This book covers chapters on original articles and reviews from regional to global level contributions from various parts of the world - from North America, South America, Africa, Europe, China, South & Southeast Asia and Australia. Many chapters address liana diversity in the context of geographical, climate and various other environmental attributes and discussed key issues on biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of bioresources and future direction of research useful for policy making and bio-resources management in years to come, realizing human dimensions in forest ecosystem.

Life Sciences. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Life sciences. --- Sciences de la vie --- Biodiversité --- Biodiversity -- Research. --- Forest plants -- Germany. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Biodiversity --- Forest plants --- Research. --- Forest botany --- Forest flora --- Forest vegetation --- Forest wildlife plants --- Forest-zone plants --- Wildlife plants, Forest --- Woodland plants --- Woodland vegetation --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Plant ecology. --- Forests and forestry --- Plants --- Woodland garden plants --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Botany --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology --- Plant Evolution. --- Evolution. --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Phylogeny

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This volume is devoted to the derivation and application of simplified bioclimatic boundary conditions at vegetated land surfaces using natural selection of vegetation characteristics driven by productivity maximization. It investigates the internal control of forest growth by the vertical fluxes of light, CO2, water vapor, and heat within the canopy, as well as the external control offered by the balances of thermal energy and water. Through these means it seeks to determine how the physical characteristics and productivity of forest communities are related to the climates and soils in which they are found. Ecohydrology bridges the fields of hydrology and ecology and proposes new unifying principles derived from the concept of natural selection. It also has potential application in determining the response of vegetation to slow variations in climate and will provide fascinating reading for graduate-level students and research scientists working in ecohydrology, hydroclimatology, forest ecology, and surface water hydrology.

Forest ecology. --- Forest productivity. --- Forest plants --- Forest microclimatology. --- Forest canopies. --- Ecohydrology. --- Eco-hydrology --- Aquatic ecology --- Hydrology --- Canopies, Forest --- Canopy cover, Tree --- Cover, Forest crown --- Cover, Forest overstory --- Cover, Tree --- Cover, Tree canopy --- Crown canopies, Forest --- Crown cover, Forest --- Forest crown canopies --- Forest crown cover --- Forest overstory cover --- Overstory cover, Forest --- Tree canopy cover --- Tree cover --- Forests and forestry --- Plant canopies --- Climate and forests --- Forests and climate --- Forest ecology --- Forest influences --- Microclimatology --- Vegetation and climate --- Forest meteorology --- Forest production --- Forest yield --- Productivity, Forest --- Agricultural productivity --- Primary productivity (Biology) --- Forest site quality --- Forest ecosystems --- Ecology --- Forest botany --- Forest flora --- Forest vegetation --- Forest wildlife plants --- Forest-zone plants --- Wildlife plants, Forest --- Woodland plants --- Woodland vegetation --- Plants --- Woodland garden plants --- Ecophysiology. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Forestry --- Forest Ecology.