Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

The Mongolian Ecosystem Network

Environmental Issues Under Climate and Social Changes

  • Book
  • © 2013

Overview

Editors:
  1. Norio Yamamura

    1. RIHN, Kyoto, Japan

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Noboru Fujita

    1. RIHN, Kyoto, Japan

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Ai Maekawa

    1. Utrecht, Netherlands

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • 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)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Ecosystem Network and Mongolian Nomadism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Ecosystem Networks as Social–Ecological Systems

      • Norio Yamamura
      Pages 3-7

    3. Characteristics and Transformation of the Pastoral System in Mongolia

      • Yuki Konagaya, Ai Maekawa
      Pages 9-21

    4. Distribution Patterns of Vegetation as a Fundamental Factor in Mongolian Ecosystems

      • Noboru Fujita, Narantsetsegiin Amartuvshin
      Pages 23-29

  3. Natural Environment and the Ecosystem Network

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
      Download chapter PDF

  4. Natural Environment and Ecosystem Network

    1. Long-Term Study of the Relationship Between Precipitation and Productivity in the Main Pasture Vegetation of a Steppe Ecosystem in Eastern Mongolia

      • Luvsandorjiin Jargalsaikhan
      Pages 33-42

    2. Water Dynamics Within the Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere System in a Steppe Region Covered by Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants

      • Takashi Satoh, Michiaki Sugita, Tsutomu Yamanaka, Maki Tsujimura, Reiichiro Ishii
      Pages 43-63

    3. A Possible Future Picture of Mongolian Forest-Steppe Vegetation Under Climate Change and Increasing Livestock: Results from a New Vegetation Transition Model at the Topographic Scale

      • Reiichiro Ishii, Noboru Fujita
      Pages 65-82

    4. Deforestation and Reforestation of Degraded Forestland in Mongolia

      • Jamsran Tsogtbaatar
      Pages 83-98

    5. Soil Diversity in Mongolia

      • Kenji Tamura, Maki Asano, Undarmaa Jamsran
      Pages 99-103

    6. Effects of Climate and Grazing on Surface Soil in Grassland

      • Muneto Hirobe, Junji Kondo
      Pages 105-114

    7. Degradation of Mongolian Grassland Vegetation Under Overgrazing by Livestock and Its Recovery by Protection from Livestock Grazing

      • Indree Tuvshintogtokh, Dorjgotov Ariungerel
      Pages 115-130

    8. Annual Production and Species Diversity of Mongolian Pasture Plants in Relation to Grazing Pressure by Livestock

      • Noboru Fujita, Narantsetsegiin Amartuvshin, Erdenegerel Ariunbold
      Pages 131-143

    9. Use of Steppe Vegetation by Nomadic Pastoralists in Mongolia

      • Urianhai Galzuud Nachinshonhor
      Pages 145-156

    10. Vegetation Interactions for the Better Understanding of a Mongolian Ecosystem Network

      • Noboru Fujita, Narantsetsegiin Amartuvshin, Erdenegerel Ariunbold
      Pages 157-184

  5. Socioeconomic Activity and the Ecosystem Network

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
      Download chapter PDF

  6. Socio-Economic Activity and Ecosystem Network

    1. Pastoral Mobility and Pastureland Possession in Mongolia

      • Akira Kamimura
      Pages 187-203

    2. A Mathematical Model of Population Shift Between Urban and Rural Areas

      • Norio Yamamura, Yutaka Kobayashi, Reiichiro Ishii, Yasuhisa Saito
      Pages 205-214

    3. Change in Livestock Species and Their Spatial Distribution

      • Izuru Saizen
      Pages 215-232
Back to top

Keywords

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

  • RIHN, Kyoto, Japan

    Norio Yamamura, Noboru Fujita

  • Utrecht, Netherlands

    Ai Maekawa

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation