Plant trait approach to assess the vulnerability of Rhododendron arboreum in western Himalayas
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
23, P. 100415 - 100415
Published: May 27, 2024
Climate
change
is
profoundly
impacting
Himalayan
ecosystems,
with
substantial
challenges
to
keystone
species
like
Rhododendron
arboreum.
Present
study
attempted
investigate
R.
arboreum
response
varying
environmental
conditions
at
altitudes
between
1500
3000
m
in
three
western
temperate
forests,
through
evaluating
plant
functional
traits.
IPCC's
internal
vulnerability
framework,
characterised
by
two
dimensions:
sensitivity
and
adaptive
capacity
was
applied.
Structural
Equation
Modelling
(SEM)
applied
elucidate
the
relationship
traits
dimensions.
Sensitivity
analysed
using
sub
components
Light
Harvesting,
Nutrient
Gas
Fluxes,
while
Resource
Efficiency,
Architecture
Defence,
Limitation
Facilitation.
The
results
revealed
high
(0.64)
moru
oak
moist
deciduous
forests
(0.59),
ban
(0.54).
SEM
Models
for
were
significant.
exhibited
positively
significant
influence
of
Fluxes
path
coefficient
1.07
0.80,
respectively.
Adaptive
showed
a
positive
negative
Facilitation,
0.94,
0.42
-0.11,
Overall,
changes
shaped
complex
interplay
physical
characteristics
(morphological),
biological
functions
(physiological),
interactions
surroundings
(ecological).
These
insights
underscore
importance
understanding
trait
dynamics
effective
forest
management
strategies
amidst
changing
conditions.
Language: Английский
Assessment of habitat features modulated carbon sequestration strategies for drought management in tropical dry forest fragments
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
951, P. 175703 - 175703
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Language: Английский
Evidences of phenotypic plasticity, and lack of local adaptation and clinal differentiation in invasive Ageratina adenophora from Uttarakhand Himalaya
Environment Development and Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 29, 2024
Language: Английский
Shifts in the ecological drivers influence the response of tree and soil carbon dynamics in central Himalayan forests
Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
373, P. 123755 - 123755
Published: Dec. 18, 2024
Language: Английский
Assessing population diversity and compositional structure in forests in Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Central India
Deleted Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Assessment of Habitat Features Modulated Carbon Sequestration Strategies for Drought Management in Tropical Dry Forest Fragments
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Habitat
features,
such
as
species
diversity,
functional
tree
size
and
disturbances
have
variable
impacts
on
carbon
(C)
storage
sequestration
in
forest
ecosystems,
however,
uncertainty
still
prevails
about
the
understanding
of
strategies
modulating
C-sequestration
capacity,
particularly
fragmented
forests.
We
classified
trees
across
tropical
dry
fragments
into
drought
avoiding
tolerant
attempted
to
answer
questions:
(1)
What
are
differences
between
for
variations
stem
density,
relative
growth
rate
(RGR),
C-storage
C-sequestration,
disturbance
indicators
along
fragmentation
gradient?
(2)
responses
indicators?
On
decreasing
edge
distance
fragments,
showed
a
significant
decline
RGR,
C-stock,
diversity
indicators,
while
considerable
increase
indicators.
Between
strategies,
we
found
high
degree
slope
associations
above
variables
with
fragments.
For
predicting
sequestration,
were
strongly
strategy,
strategy.
Since
forests
largely
ignored
ecological
evaluations
dynamics,
our
findings
novel
suggest
managers
investigate
vegetation
interactions
stability
larger
planning
restoration
smaller
Language: Английский
Análisis de la diversidad genética en poblaciones fragmentadas y continuas de <i>Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco</i> (Apocynaceae) del Chaco Semiárido
Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
59(4)
Published: Dec. 27, 2024
Background
and
aims:
The
loss
fragmentation
of
the
Chaco
Forest
due
to
deforestation
could
affect
genetic
diversity
species.
Previous
analyses
Aspidosperma
quebracho-blanco,
an
emblematic
forest
species
region,
suggested
that
populations
in
northern
Semi-arid
Argentina
are
interest
for
situ
conservation
restoration.
Thus,
we
analyzed
structure
fragmented
continuous
quebracho-blanco
from
this
region
assess
risk
erosion
role
habitats
M&M:
Using
4
AFLP
marker
combinations,
variability
49
individuals
2
3
A.
were
analyzed.
This
analysis
was
conducted
context
territorial
planning,
considering
distribution
protected
areas,
ecological
corridors,
land
use,
area
fragments.
Results:
differences
estimated
indices
between
studied
not
significant
(pHe=0.62,
pSh=0.53,
p%P=0.68).
is
moderate
correlates
with
distance
populations.
most
vulnerable
located
areas
where
use
allowed.
Conclusions:
fragments
important
quebracho-blanco.
However,
short
term,
ecological,
demographic
factors
may
have
a
greater
impact
on
viability
its
than
caused
by
fragmentation.
Language: Английский