Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management (Hardcover, 2011)

Part I - Amazonian Floodplain Forests and the Environment 1. An Introduction to South American Wetland Forests: Distribution, Definitions and General Characterization 2. Development of the Amazon Valley during the Middle to Late Quaternary: Sedimentological and Climatological Observations 3. Remote Sensing of the Distribution and Extent of Wetlands in the Amazon Basin 4. Phytogeography, Species Diversity, Community Structure and Dynamics of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests Part II - Ecological and Ecophysiological Aspects of Amazonian Floodplain Forests 5. Tree Phenology in Amazonian Floodplain Forests 6. Biochemistry of Amazonian Floodplain trees 7. The Morphology and Anatomy of Tree Roots and their Aeration Strategies 8. Fine Root Systems and Mycorrhizal Associations in Two Central Amazonian Inundation Forests - Igapo and Varzea 9. Morphology and Anatomy of Leaves 10. Gas Exchange and Photosynthesis 11. Sap Flow and Stem Respiration 12. Fruit and Seed Chemistry, Biomass and Dispersal 13. Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment of Amazonian Floodplain Trees 14. Nitrogen Balance of a Floodplain Forest of the Amazon River: the Role of Nitrogen Fixation 15. Genetic Variability, Divergence and Speciation in Trees of Periodically Flooded Forests of the Amazon: a Case Study of Himatanthus sucuuba (SPRUCE) WOODSON 16 .The Importance of Amazonian Floodplain Forests for Animal Biodiversity: Beetles in Canopies of Floodplain and Upland Forests Part III - Sustainable Management of Amazonian Floodplain Forests 17. Wood Anatomy, Tree Ring Structure of the Stem and their Importance for Tropical Dendrochronology. 18. Biomass and Net Primary Production of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests 19. Use of Amazonian Floodplain Trees 20. Traditional Timber Harvesting in the Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests 21. Growth-Orientated Logging (GOL): The Use of Species Specific Growth Information for Forest Management in Central Amazonian Floodplains Part IV - Discussion and conclusions 22. Protected Areas in the Amazonian Varzea and their Role in its Conservation: the Case of Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve (MSDR) 23. The Role of Floodplain Forests in an Integrated Sustainable Management Concept of the Natural Resources of the Central Amazonian Varzea. 24 Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests: a Synthesis