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Tropical peatland ecosystems

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This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem functon, containing a plethora of recent research results such as monitoring sensing modeling for carbon water flux/storage, biodiversity and peatland management in tropical regions. It is estimated that more than 23 million hectares (62 %) of the total global tropical peatland area are located in Southeast Asia, in loland or coastal areas of East Sumatera, Kalimantan, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak and Souteast Thailand. Tropical peatland has a vital carbon water storage function and is host to a huge diversity of plant and animal species. eatland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change and the impacts of human activities such as logging, drainage and conversion to agricultural land. In SoutheastAsia, severe episodic droughts associated with the E1 Nino Southern Oscillation, in combanation with over drainagem forest degradation, and land-use change, have caused widespread peatland fires ad microbial peat oxidation. Indonesia's 20 Mha peatland area is estimated to include about 45-55 GtG of carbon stocks. As a result of land use and development. Indonesia is the third kargest emitter of greenhouse gases (2-3 Gtons carbon dioxide equivqlent per year), 80% of wich is due to defforestation and peatland loss. Thus tropical peatlands are key ecosustems in terms of the carbon-water cycle and climate change.

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577.3 MIT t

Publisher

New York : Springer., 2016

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xiii, 651 hlm. : illus. ; 24 cm.

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Inggris

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978-4-431-55680-0

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577.3

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Ekologi Hutan

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