The Mongolian Ecosystem Network: Environmental Issues Under Climate and Social Changes

Book Overview

Preface.- Part I. Ecosystem Network and Mongolian Nomadism.- 1. Ecosystem network as a socio-ecological system.- 2. Characteristics and transformation of the pastoral system in Mongolia.- 3. Distribution of vegetation as a fundamental factor in Mongolian ecosystems.- Part II. Natural Environment and Ecosystem Network.- 4. Long term study of the relationship between precipitation and productivity in the main pasture vegetation of a steppe ecosystem in eastern Mongolia.- 5. Water dynamics within a soil-vegetation-atmosphere system in a steppe region covered by shrubs and herbaceous plants.- 6. A possible future pictures of Mongolian forest-steppe vegetation under climate change and increasing livestock: Results from a new vegetation transition model at the topographical scale.- 7. Deforestation and reforestation of degraded forestland in Mongolia Jamsran Tsogtbaatar.- 8. Soil diversity in Mongolia.- 9. Effects of climate and grazing on surface soil in grassland.- 10. Degradation of Mongolian grassland vegetation under over-grazing by live-stock and its recovery by protection from livestock grazing.- 11. Annual production and species diversity of Mongolian pasture plants in relation to grazing pressure by livestock.- 12. Utilization of steppe vegetation by nomadic pastoralism in Mongolia.- 13. Vegetation interactions for the better understanding of a Mongolian ecosystem network.- Part III. Socio-Economic Activity and Ecosystem Network.- 14. Pastoral mobility and pastureland possession in Mongolia.- 15. A mathematical model of population shift between urban and rural areas.- 16. Change in livestock species and their spatial distribution.- 17. The cash in cashmere: Herders' incentives and strategies to increase the goat population in post-socialist Mongolia.- 18. Marketability of dairy products in relation to distance in northern Mongolia.- 19. The impact of agricultural development on nomadic pastoralism in Mongolia.- 20. Conflict between mining development and nomadism in Mongolia.- 21. Interference impact of global warming and globalization on the society and ecosystem in Mongolia.-

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4431546901
• ISBN13: 9784431546900
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"