"This book examines the current trends, issues, and future challenges of conservation strategies for tropical dry forests"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Detailed Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Section 1: Global Overview and Climate Change
  • Chapter 1: Global Overview of Tropical Dry Forests
  • Chapter 2: Effect of Climate Change on Tropical Dry Forests
  • Chapter 3: Climate Change Effects, Adaptation, and Mitigation Techniques in Tropical Dry Forests
• Section 2: Plant Functional Traits
  • Chapter 4: Plant Functional Traits in Tropical Dry Forests
  • Chapter 5: An Overview of the Role of Plant Functional Traits in Tropical Dry Forests
• Section 3: Forest Diversity, Degradation, and Management
  • Chapter 6: Diversity and Distribution of Tropical Dry Forests
  • Chapter 7: Floristic Diversity and Carbon Stock in the Dry Forests of Chad
  • Chapter 8: Biogeographic and Anthropogenic Effects on Asian Elephants in Tropical Forests of Sumatra, Indonesia
  • Chapter 9: Examining Patterns and Impacts of Forest Resource Extraction and Forest Degradation in Tropical Dry Forests
  • Chapter 10: Litter Production and Decomposition in Tropical Forest
  • Chapter 11: Participatory Management of Tropical Dry Forests in Benin
  • Chapter 12: Issues and Challenges for Stone Mining Affected Forest Area Restoration Through Probiotic Interventions
• Section 4: Remote Sensing in Dry Tropical Forests
  • Chapter 13: Scenarios of the Tropical Dry Forest of Purulia District West Bengal
  • Chapter 14: Geospatial Solutions for Forest Management
  • Chapter 15: Trends in Management of Tropical Forests
  • Chapter 16: Forest Inventory
• Section 5: Forest Regeneration and Policy
  • Chapter 17: Post-Fire Regeneration of Woody Species in a Colombian Tropical Dry Forest
  • Chapter 18: Ecology of Natural Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forests of Africa and Its Implications for Their Sustainable Man
  • Chapter 19: Role of Institutional Governance in Protecting the Natural Environment
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index