Enhancing Forest Resilience through Plant Functional Traits : A Practical Approach (Hardcover)

1. Introduction to the Concept of Plant Functional Traits? 2. Plant Functional Traits in Forest Ecosystems and Their Ecological Importance: A Review? 3. Anatomical Traits: Adaptations for Resource Acquisition and Allocation? 4. Physiological Traits: Response to Environmental Stress and Resource Utilization? 5. Genetic Basis of Functional Traits Variation in Forest Tree Species? 6. Intraspecific Trait Variation and Tree Improvement Programme? 7. Understanding Functional Trait Variation in Different Forest Ecosystems? 8. Functional Trait Relationships with Tree Growth and Productivity??9. Significance of Plant Functional Traits in Soil Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics? 10.? Carbon Sequestration and Storage: Traits that Influence Forest Carbon Dynamics? 11. Drought Tolerance and Water Use Efficiency: Adapting to Climate Change? 12. Functional Traits as Indicators of Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity? 13. Conservation Efforts: Preserving Rare and Endangered Tree Functional Traits? 14. Enhancing Resilience: Harnessing Traits for Coping with Disturbances? 15. Technological Innovations in Functional Trait Research? 16. Future Avenues: Advancing Research and Implementation of Functional Traits? 17. Climate-Resilient Approaches for Sustainable Water Management through Forest Resilience and Plant Functional Traits? 18. Functional Traits for Predicting Climate Driven Forest Changes