ABSTRACT
This new volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment and looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manageenvironmental stresses. This unique compilation and interpretation of concrete scientific ventures undertaken by environmental specialists at the global level explores research dedicated to the management of natural resources by controlling biotic and abiotic factors that make the earth vulnerable to these stresses.
The chapter authors look at all types of bioresources on earth and their management at times of stress/crisis, focusing on the need for documentation, validation, and recovery of ethnic indigenous knowledge and practices that could have great impact in stress management. The book looks at topics in nature and changing climate management, adaptation, and mitigation, such as the effects of climate change on agriculture and horticulture, on timber harvesting, and on forest resources.
Also specifically discussed are crop resources management, seed crops, tree seedlings, soil management, and conservation practices. The volume also includes chapters on animal resources management.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Nature and Changing Climate Management, Adaptation, and Mitigation
part II|115 pages
Forest Resources Management
chapter Chapter 5|30 pages
Ecological Structure and Wood Volume of Prosopis Species (Mesquite) Communities in Northeast of Mexico
chapter Chapter 9|12 pages
Carbon Sequestration by Woody Trees and Shrubs in Northeastern Mexico: A Synthesis
part III|261 pages
Crop Resources Management
chapter Chapter 13|20 pages
Saline Soils: Strategies and Perspective to Counteract Salt Stress in Crops
part IV|44 pages
Animal Resources Management