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- Helps readers to identify and consider general grassland environmental problems
- Presents social and ecological aspects of grassland environmental problems
- Explains various methods for approaching problems, such as field work and statistical analyses
Part of the book series: Ecological Research Monographs (ECOLOGICAL)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ecosystem Network and Mongolian Nomadism
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Natural Environment and the Ecosystem Network
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Natural Environment and Ecosystem Network
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Socioeconomic Activity and the Ecosystem Network
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Socio-Economic Activity and Ecosystem Network
About this book
The aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for sustainable management of the grasslands. The book has three parts. Part I is an introduction, explaining the key concept of an ecosystem network and providing background information on the general features of Mongolian nomadic pastoralism as well as distribution of vegetation in Mongolian grasslands. Part II describes the effects of natural environmental factors and nomadic activities on grassland conditions. Water dynamics that maintain the grassland system are analyzed in a steppe region with shrubs and in a forest-steppe region with trees. Part III describes the effects of economic and social factors on land-use and the livelihood of herders. As nomadic people moved closer to large cities for economic advantage in the 1990s, degradation of pastures by overgrazing resulted. Finally, the impacts of global warming and globalization on the Mongolian society and ecosystem are examined. This book analyzes environmental problems in Mongolian grasslands, but the contents contribute to consideration of environmental problems and sustainable pasture use in grassland areas worldwide.
Editors and Affiliations
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RIHN, Kyoto, Japan
Norio Yamamura, Noboru Fujita
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Utrecht, Netherlands
Ai Maekawa
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mongolian Ecosystem Network
Book Subtitle: Environmental Issues Under Climate and Social Changes
Editors: Norio Yamamura, Noboru Fujita, Ai Maekawa
Series Title: Ecological Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54052-6
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54051-9Published: 07 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54690-0Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54052-6Published: 20 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-0707
Series E-ISSN: 2191-0715
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 320
Topics: Ecosystems, Terrestial Ecology, Environmental Management, Human Geography