Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes
Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management
- 1st Edition - January 21, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Rahul Bhadouria, Shipra Singh, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Pardeep Singh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 9 2 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 9 2 6 - 1
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Request a sales quoteUnderstanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes: Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management focuses on the patterns and processes of mountainous soils, including threats due to the fragile nature of mountain ecosystems, and the conservation and management of soil ecosystem services and restoration processes. The book covers a balanced approach to land and resource management, ensuring that environmentally and socio-culturally sound interventions are developed and applied in the complex geophysical, ecological, and social landscapes of the world's mountain systems. The book provides holistic understanding of mountain soils to help environmental and soil scientists gain insight and develop new problem-solving approaches.
With obvious up- and downstream linkages (e.g., a large proportion of urban canters globally depend on water that originates in the mountains) as well as globalization (e.g., continental-scale impacts of air pollution and climate change on glaciers), the long-range success of conservation measures in mountain regions requires that the following discrete but interconnected interventions be pursued concurrently: (1) the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services, (2) empowerment of mountain communities (including family farming), and (3) elaboration of more thoughtful, context-specific policy environments for sustainable mountain development.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of mountain soils including climate change, ecosystem services, and threats
- Focuses on exploring the human and anthropogenic challenges associated with the sustainable management of soils in mountain landscapes
- Includes content on biochar-mediated microbial community dynamics
Environmental scientists and ecologists working in areas of soil management; Agriculturists and biotechnologists
- Cover Image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1: Soils of mountainous landscapes: introduction
- Chapter 1. Mountain soils and climate change: importance, threats and mitigation measures
- Abstract
- Outline
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Importance of mountain soils
- 1.3 Variation in soil properties in the mountain regions
- 1.4 Threats and challenges to the mountain soils
- 1.5 Mitigation measures for the protection of mountain soils
- 1.6 Conclusion and future prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2. Threats to mountainous soils: conservation and management strategies
- Abstract
- Outline
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Mountainous soil
- 2.3 Major threats to mountainous soils
- 2.4 Conservation and management of mountainous soils
- 2.5 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Section 2: Soil microbial processes and nutrient dynamics
- Chapter 3. Integrated remedial and management strategies for sustaining mountainous soil
- Abstract
- Outline
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Threats to mountainous soil
- 3.3 Management strategies for conservation of mountainous soil
- 3.4 Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter 4. Microbial perspectives for the agricultural soil health management in mountain forests under climatic stress
- Abstract
- Outline
- 4.1 Introduction: Indian mountain forests and agriculture
- 4.2 Impacts of climate change on agro-diversity in mountain forests
- 4.3 Importance of agriculture in mountain and hill forests
- 4.4 Sustenance of soil health by forest agriculture system
- 4.5 Threats to mountain forest agriculture
- 4.6 Microbial potential for soil health restoration
- 4.7 Microbial prospective for agricultural practices for hill forests
- 4.8 Conclusion: community participation with legal back up
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 5. Soil biological processes of mountainous landscapes: a holistic view
- Abstract
- Outline
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Environment of mountain ecosystem
- 5.3 Soil biological processes of mountainous zone
- 5.4 Microbial diversity and growth dynamics in mountains
- 5.5 Response of soil microbes to changing mountain environment
- 5.6 The impact of climate change on microbes and carbon and nitrogen cycle of mountains
- 5.7 Mechanism responsible for changes in mountain biological community
- 5.8 Changing function of microbial diversity with effect of contemporary environment
- 5.9 Techniques for identification of soil microbes at different mountain environment
- 5.10 Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 6. Soil nutrient dynamics under selected tree species explains the soil fertility and restoration potential in a semi-arid forest of the Aravalli Mountain range
- Abstract
- Outline
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Materials and methods
- 6.3 Results
- 6.4 Discussion
- 6.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7. Soil nutrient dynamics under mountainous landscape: issues and challenges
- Abstract
- Outline
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Nutrient availability
- 7.3 Soil analysis
- 7.4 Foliar analysis
- 7.5 Role of nitrogen and phosphorous
- 7.6 Nitrogen availability indices
- 7.7 Phosphorus
- 7.8 Presence of extractable phosphorus in forest soils
- 7.9 Indices of phosphorus availability
- 7.10 Nutrient demands with respect to stand age
- 7.11 Crown closure (before)
- 7.12 Crown closure (after)
- 7.13 Nutrient cycling
- 7.14 Nutrient addition in the forest
- 7.15 Nutrient input from atmospheric sources
- 7.16 Nutrients returned through throughfall and stemflow
- 7.17 Retranslocation of nutrients within trees
- 7.18 Nutrient recycling at higher elevation
- 7.19 Litterfall
- 7.20 Nutrient supply to the trees
- 7.21 Leaching
- 7.22 Additional factors
- 7.23 Nitrogen fixation
- 7.24 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Microbial community structure and climate change: impact of agricultural management practices in mountainous landscapes
- Abstract
- Outline
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Mountainous soil and climate change
- 8.3 Climate change and soil microbial function
- 8.4 Agricultural management practices: impacts on microbial community structure and function
- 8.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9. Biochar-mediated nutrients and microbial community dynamics in montane landscapes
- Abstract
- Outline
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Traditional farming practices in mountainous system
- 9.3 Biochar—a boon for mountain farmers
- 9.4 Conclusion
- References
- Section 3: Soil physicochemical parameters
- Chapter 10. Hair to canopy: role of organic debris in soil formation and succession of rock ecosystem
- Abstract
- Outline
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Rock, soil, and literature
- 10.3 Hair to canopy: the complex cascade
- 10.4 Threats to soil and succession
- 10.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Tourism and the properties of mountainous soil: a dynamic relationship
- Abstract
- Outline
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Environmental implications of tourism: a general overview
- 11.3 Types of mountainous soil
- 11.4 Soil organic matter
- 11.5 Soil bulk density
- 11.6 Soil nitrogen content
- 11.7 Pollutants in the soil
- 11.8 Hydrological changes
- 11.9 Construction activities and mountainous soil
- 11.10 Soil aggregation
- 11.11 Artificial snow and soil erosion
- 11.12 Conclusion and the way forward
- References
- Chapter 12. Assessment of soil organic carbon stocks in Sahyadri mountain range Karnataka, India
- Abstract
- Outline
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Material and methods
- 12.3 Laboratory analysis
- 12.4 SOC stocks estimation
- 12.5 Results and discussion
- 12.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. Soil development on alluvial fans in the mountainous arid regions: a case study of Spiti valley in North-western Himalaya, India
- Abstract
- Outline
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Soil in arid mountainous region: a brief overview
- 13.3 Study area
- 13.4 Methodology
- 13.5 Results and discussions
- 13.6 Recommendations
- 13.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14. Soil organic carbon and soil properties for REDD implementation in Nepal: experience from different land use management in three districts of Nepal
- Abstract
- Outline
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Methods
- 14.3 Results and discussion
- 14.4 Conclusions
- 14.5 Recommendations
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Section 4: Land use and land cover change
- Chapter 15. Urbanization and resilience in mountain soil ecosystem: case of outwash fan area of Leh, Ladakh, India
- Abstract
- Outline
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Urbanization: history, current trends, and evidence
- 15.3 Anthropogenic dimension of ecosystem change
- 15.4 Risks and vulnerability
- 15.5 Indigenous knowledge systems for construction—a solution
- 15.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 16. Understanding the urbanization induced issues in mountainous ecosystems of India: a comparative study between Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), and Lower Himalayas (Uttarakhand), India
- Abstract
- Outline
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Importance of mountainous regions and mountain ecosystems
- 16.3 Case studies
- 16.4 Inferences from comparative studies
- 16.5 Recommendations
- 16.6 Strategies
- 16.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 17. Prediction of land cover changes of Khagrachhari Hilly Upazila using artificial-neural-network-based cellular automata model
- Abstract
- Outline
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Methods and methodology
- 17.3 Results and discussion
- 17.4 Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Section 5: Plant functional traits and ecological sustainability
- Chapter 18. Plant functional traits: mountainous soil function and ecosystem services
- Abstract
- Outline
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Mountainous soil ecosystem
- 18.3 Plant functional traits
- 18.4 Soil functions
- 18.5 Relationship of plant functional traits with soil function
- 18.6 Carbon dynamics
- 18.7 Nutrient dynamics
- 18.8 Miscellaneous
- 18.9 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 19. Socioeconomic and ecological sustainability of agroforestry in mountain regions
- Abstract
- Outline
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Social and economic benefits of agroforestry
- 19.3 Impact of agroforestry on sustainable ecosystem management
- 19.4 Challenges to agroforestry in mountain ecosystems
- 19.5 Conclusion and future recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 21, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 438
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323959254
- eBook ISBN: 9780323959261
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Rahul Bhadouria
Rahul Bhadouria is working as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 2017. The area of his doctoral research was performance evaluation of tree seedling growth under dry tropical environment. He has published more than 19 papers, 18 book chapters, and 2 books in the internationally reputed journals/publishers. His current research areas are ‘Management of Soil C Dynamics to Mitigate Climate Change’, ‘A perspective on tree seedling survival and growth attributes in tropical dry forests under the realm of Climate Change’ and ‘Plant community assembly, functional diversity and soil attributes along the forest-savanna-grassland continuum in India’.
Affiliations and expertise
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaSS
Shipra Singh
Shipra Singh is pursuing Ph. D. on “Plant Functional Traits in Temperate Forests of Western Himalaya from SES, JNU. Ms. Singh has done M. Phil. from SES, JNU on the topic “Effect of Slope Aspect on Vegetation Composition and Structure and Soil Physico-chemical properties in Western Himalaya”. Ms. Singh holds expertise in Himalayan ecology with an altitudinal variation of 400m to 3000 m asl. She also holds UGC-JRF in Environmental Sciences. Ms. Singh has completed her Master of Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in Environmental Sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Scholar, School of Environmental Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaST
Sachchidanand Tripathi
Dr. Sachchidanand Tripathi did his post-graduation and Ph.D. from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. His areas of interest are forest ecology, restoration ecology, aquatic ecology, and eco-physiology. He has published more than 18 research/review papers in peer-reviewed reputed international journals, 5 books with international publishers, 12 book chapters in books published by Elsevier, Springer, etc. He has also edited conference proceedings. He is interested in collaborating with scholars from the same fields as well as from other disciplines of interest.
Affiliations and expertise
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaPS
Pardeep Singh
Dr Pardeep Singh is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2011. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in the year 2017. The area of his doctoral research is the degradation of organic pollutants through various indigenous isolated microbes and by using various types of photocatalytic. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaRead Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes on ScienceDirect