Plant Diversity in Biocultural Landscapes (eBook)

The edited book highlights comprehensive studies on plant diversity dynamics, ecosystem processes, and best conservation practices from the interdisciplinary perspectives such as the botanists, ecologists, conservation biologists, geneticists, cell biologists, molecular biotechnologists, and social scientists. The main focus of the book is to address biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse amidst the escalating climate change problems, aggravated by anthropogenic activities in biocultural landscapes. The book describes the biocultural landscape of today, ecology of plant diversity, botany of keystone and other rare species of economic and pharmaceutical significance, ecosystem processes, conservation, and emerging frameworks to sustain biocultural landscapes in the Anthropocene. Biocultural landscapes are tracks of land in many parts of the world, shaped by unique human-nature interactions. Many of these landscapes are populated with indigenous peoples with a unique way of life including their interaction with plants and the environment. The relationship between humans and nature in biocultural landscapes used to be harmonious. However, as the human population surges, much pressure has been experienced by the landscape, hence, the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services that cascade to agricultural systems. The book is of interest to teachers, professors, policymakers, researchers, and advocates in the fields of botany, ecology, taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, environmental science, molecular biology and genomics, molecular ecology, agriculture, and Agri-tourism, forestry, social science, and climate change professionals. Also, the book serves as a good reference and additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students.

Dr. Siva Ramamoorthy

Dr. Siva Ramamoorthy is Professor and Dean, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University, India. He obtained his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Plant Science from Madurai Kamaraj University. He did his Ph.D. in 'Plant Genetic diversity' from Bharathidasan University and postdoctoral research at Ben Gurion University and Gyeongsang National University. His research interests are Plant Biotechnology and Pigments Biology publishing more than 155 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals with high impact factor and received many recognitions. Past three years Dr. Siva has been recognized as one among the Top 2% scientists of the world per Standford University and Mendeley survey. He is also the associate editor of many reputed journals.

 

Dr Inocencio E Buot Jr

Dr Inocencio E Buot Jr is professor of botany, curator of the Plant Biology Division Herbarium and head, Plant Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, a Center of Excellence for Biology since 1984, University of the Philippines Los Baños. He obtained his PhD (Ecology) from Chiba University and his postdoctoral certificate in Landscape Ecology from the Ministry of Forestry in Kyoto through the auspices of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. His laboratory is now focusing on biodiversity conservation and plant systematic studies. He collaboratively published more than 200 articles in indexed journals and got numerous academic awards.

Dr. Rajasekaran Chandrasekaran

Dr. Rajasekaran Chandrasekaran is professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology. He is graduated in Botany at the University of Madras and Annamalai University. He specialized on plant ecophysiology in his doctoral degree at H.N. B. Grahwal University. For twenty-seven years, his laboratory is focusing on ecophysiology, conservation biodiversity, bioprospecting of medicinal and aromatic plants, phycoremediation and climate change indicators. He has more than 100 publications in form of journal articles and books. For his impactful works, Dr. Chandrasekaran has been recognized as Fellow of the Royal Soc of Biology, Linnean Society of London, Indian Society for Plant Physiology, Academy of Sciences Chennai, Academy of Biological Sciences among others. He is commission member of many theme groups of IUCN also recipient of many awards.  

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The edited book highlights comprehensive studies on plant diversity dynamics, ecosystem processes, and best conservation practices from the interdisciplinary perspectives such as the botanists, ecologists, conservation biologists, geneticists, cell biologists, molecular biotechnologists, and social scientists. The main focus of the book is to address biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse amidst the escalating climate change problems, aggravated by anthropogenic activities in biocultural landscapes. The book describes the biocultural landscape of today, ecology of plant diversity, botany of keystone and other rare species of economic and pharmaceutical significance, ecosystem processes, conservation, and emerging frameworks to sustain biocultural landscapes in the Anthropocene. Biocultural landscapes are tracks of land in many parts of the world, shaped by unique human-nature interactions. Many of these landscapes are populated with indigenous peoples with a unique way of life including their interaction with plants and the environment. The relationship between humans and nature in biocultural landscapes used to be harmonious. However, as the human population surges, much pressure has been experienced by the landscape, hence, the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services that cascade to agricultural systems. The book is of interest to teachers, professors, policymakers, researchers, and advocates in the fields of botany, ecology, taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, environmental science, molecular biology and genomics, molecular ecology, agriculture, and Agri-tourism, forestry, social science, and climate change professionals. Also, the book serves as a good reference and additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students.