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Enhancing Forest Resilience Through Plant Functional Traits by Narendra Kumar (Hardback)
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9781032899060
Published:
18 Nov 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
352 pages
Dimensions:
234mm
Weight:
0.453kgs
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The book explores the relationship between plant functional traits and the resilience of forest ecosystems. Understanding how these traits influence forest ecosystems has significant implications for conservation, forestry, and ecosystem management.
The book explores the relationship between plant functional traits and the resilience of forest ecosystems. Understanding how these traits influence forest ecosystems has significant implications for conservation, forestry, and ecosystem management. This book explores the intersection of ecology, botany, and forestry, providing a comprehensive guide to using plant functional traits as a tool to advance sustainable forest development as sustainable forest management becomes more and more important in the face of global environmental challenges. The book explores the role that plant functional traits play in ecosystem dynamics and how they support forest resilience. It emphasizes how crucial these characteristics are for dealing with environmental stresses like drought and climate change, as well as how they affect soil interactions, carbon sequestration, and nutrient cycling. Through the integration of contemporary developments in trait-based research and analytical instruments, the book provides useful tactics for improving forest resilience via sustainable management techniques.Key Features:· A comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in plant functional traits and their role in forest resilience.· Detailed explanations of the anatomical, physiological, and genetic aspects of plant functional traits, emphasizing their importance in tree growth and adaptation.· Insights into how functional traits influence nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, soil interactions, and responses to environmental stressors like drought and climate change.· Discussion of modern tools and methodologies in trait-based research, along with future directions for integrating functional traits into forest management strategies.· Practical applications of functional traits in conservation, biodiversity management, and sustainable forest management to enhance ecosystem resilience.This book serves as a valuable reference for researchers and academicians studying species composition within forest ecosystems and exploring ways to enhance forest resilience in the context of climate change. It is also suitable as a textbook for graduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students in fields such as agriculture, botany, plant physiology, forestry, biotechnology, environmental science, and agroforestry.
About the Author: Narendra Kumar obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. His research work focused on the response of plants to abiotic stresses. Later, he served as Assistant Professor in various reputed academic institutes, especially Surajmal Aggarwal (Pvt.) Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kichha US Nagar, Dev Bhoomi Group of Institute, Dehradun, India; Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India. He also worked as Research Associate at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. His research areas focus primarily on Plant Physiology, ecophysiology, plant response to abiotic stresses, climate change adaptation and mitigation, functional traits, and climate change modeling. He has supervised many M.Sc. students, and many more are under supervision. He has published various papers/chapters/articles in national and international peer-reviewed reputed journals with high impact factors. He has edited so many books with an international publisher. He has served as an editor for many journals on current subjects. He is currently employed as Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture, Central Agriculture University (Imphal) Kyrdemkulai, Meghalaya, India.Amit Kumar is a distinguished researcher, renowned author, and a leading expert in the fields of plant physiology, forestry, and climate change. With an insatiable curiosity about the natural world and a deep-rooted passion for environmental conservation, he has dedicated his life to understanding the intricate relationships between plants, ecosystems, and the ever-changing climate. He earned his Ph.D. in Forestry from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. His research is primarily focused on plant functional traits of forestry ecosystem. Earlier, he worked as an Assistant Professor in many organizations, i.e., Dolphin P.G. Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun; Alpine Group of Institution, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He has published several research articles, books, and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors. He has edited many books with international publishers. He has received several awards from prestigious organization i.e. Young scientist award from UCOST Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Emerging Scientist award from VDGOOD foundation Kolkata, and Best Research Paper Award from Indian association of soil and water conservationists. He has participated in more than 30 national and international conferences, symposia and seminars. He has published more than 25 research papers in well reputed national and international journals. Currently, he is working as Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur- HP.Pramod Kumar Pandey, presently working as Assistant Maize Breeder in AICRP on Maize, Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Central Agriculture University (Imphal) Kyrdemkulai, Meghalaya. He completed his postgraduate degree in Biotechnology from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam. He has authored more than 50 scholarly research papers, articles and contributed to various book chapters. He has served as an editor for many journals on current subjects. He has supervised many M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, and many more are under supervision. He possesses about 10 years of academic and professional experience in his area of expertise.
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