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A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the "hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social sciences. Ecosystem analysis followed two gradients: an altitudinal gradient and a gradient of land-use intensity and ecosystem regeneration, respectively. This volume addresses a multitude of ecologically relevant aspects: macro- and microclimate; physics, chemistry and biology of soils; water relations, matter turnover and nutrient availability; plant growth and biomass partitioning; floral composition and plant life forms; vegetation structure and dynamics; organismic interactions, diversity and population biology of birds, moths and microarthropods; forest management, and reforestation with indigenous species; ethnobotanical and social aspects. New hypotheses are presented with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as sustainable management of an ecosystem in a biodiversity hotspot.

Mountain ecology --- Biodiversity --- Ecosystem management --- Biodiversity conservation --- Rain forest ecology --- Rain forests --- Sustainable development --- Ecologie des montagnes --- Biodiversité --- Ecosystèmes --- Ecologie des forêts pluviales --- Forêts pluviales --- Développement durable --- Management --- Gestion --- Conservation --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVBIOLO SPRINGER-B --- Management. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Ecology. --- Animal ecology. --- Forests and forestry. --- Environmental management. --- Ecosystems. --- Animal Ecology. --- Forestry Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Botany --- Plants --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Plant ecology. --- Forestry management. --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Administration --- Control --- Floristic ecology

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Desiccation tolerance was essential when plants first began to conquer land, roughly 400 million years ago. While most desiccation-tolerant plants belong to basal phylogenetic taxa, this capacity has also evolved among some vascular plant species. In this volume renowned experts treat plant desiccation tolerance at the organismic as well as at the cellular level. The diversity of ecophysiological adaptations and acclimations of cyanobacteria, eukaryotic algae, mosses, and lichens is addressed in several chapters. The particular problems of vascular plants during dehydration/rehydration cycles resulting not only from their hydraulic architectures, but also from severe secondary stresses associated with the desiccated state are discussed. Based on the treatment of desiccation tolerance at the organismic level, a second section of the book is devoted to the cell biological level. It delineates the general concepts of functional genomics, epigenetics, genetics, molecular biology and the sensing and signalling networks of systems biology involved in dehydration/rehydration cycles. This book provides an invaluable compilation of current knowledge, which is a prerequisite for a better understanding of plant desiccation tolerance in natural as well as agro- and forest ecosystems where water is one of the most essential resources.

Drought-tolerant plants. --- Plants -- Adaptation. --- Plants -- Drought tolerance. --- Plant-water relationships. --- Plant-water relationships --- Plants --- Drought-tolerant plants --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Ecology --- Plant Physiology --- Drought tolerance --- Adaptation --- Drought tolerance. --- Drought resistance of plants --- Drought tolerance of plants --- Plants and water --- Water and plants --- Water-plant relationships --- Drought resistance --- Life sciences. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant anatomy. --- Plant development. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant physiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Physiology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Plant Anatomy/Development. --- Soil moisture --- Hardiness --- Effect of drought on --- Biochemistry. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant structure --- Structural botany --- Vegetable anatomy --- Anatomy --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Genetics --- Physiology --- Ecology --- Structure --- Composition --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Ontogeny --- Floristic ecology --- Botanical chemistry. --- Plant Genetics. --- Plant Development. --- Development.

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Drought-tolerant plants --- Plants --- Plant-water relationships --- Adaptation --- Drought tolerance