A Textbook of Plant Ecology 16th Edition

Descriptions

It describes and deals with different aspects of concepts of ecology, climate and plant responses, soil and plant relationships, fire factor, biotic interrelationships, autecology and population dynamics, synecology and community dynamics, biodiversity and its conservation, major biomes, ecological energetics, production ecology, conservation and management, recent trends of environmental pollution, flora and vegetation of India, phytogeography, etc. Important topics of current interest like global biodiversity, wetlands, soil pollution and bioremediation and greenhouse gases are described in detail. It also includes a list of ecology and environment practical exercises and a glossary of terms.

Specifications

ISBN	9789354662645
Published Year	2023
Binding	Paperback
Subject	Ecology and Environment
Pages	488
Weight	0.6 (In Kg)
Dimension	20.3 × 25.4 × 4.7
Readership	NA

About the Author

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RS Ambasht

Prof. R.S. Ambasht, PhD, FNASc, FNA was Emeritus Professor, INSA Honorary Scientist, CSIR Emeritus, and INSA Senior Scientist, and served as Professor and Head of the Department of Botany at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP. With over 40 years of teaching and research in ecology and environmental sciences, he was honored with the Birbal Sahni Gold Medal (IBS), Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award (ISCA), UGC-Pranwanand Saraswati National Award, and fellowships of the Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Sciences. He served on the board of the International Association of Ecology (INTECOL), was Secretary of ISTE, President of the National Institute of Ecology, and a member of the National Committee on Wetlands, Ministry of Environment. Prof. Ambasht authored several books and chapters and edited multiple prestigious publications. He is widely recognized for his research in conservation ecology, production ecology, and pollution ecology.

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NK Ambasht

Dr. N.K. Ambasht, MSc, PhD, MNASc is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany at Christ Church College, Kanpur, UP. He earned BSc (Hons, Gold Medal), MSc, and PhD from Banaras Hindu University. As a Senior Research Associate (Pool Scientist) at CSIR, he conducted postdoctoral research and taught BSc and MSc classes at BHU. He also worked as a visiting scientist with Prof. Donat P. Häder at Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany, and presented papers internationally in Manchester (UK) and Copenhagen (Denmark). He has published over 35 research papers in high-impact journals and co-edited two books with Kluwer Academic Press (now Springer). He is the recipient of the BHU Prize, M.M. Malviya Gold Medal, and the Young Scientist Certificate of the Indian Science Congress (1996). He is a member of the Board of Studies (Botany), CSJM University, and is internationally recognized for his research on UV-B radiation and tropospheric ozone impacts on crop plants.

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