High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

2017-08-03 Nature

Author : Jordi Catalan
Release : 2017-08-03
Genre : Nature
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Download or read book High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World written by Jordi Catalan. This book was released on 2017-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.

High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

2015

Author : Mercè Aniz Montes
Release : 2015
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Download or read book High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World written by Mercè Aniz Montes. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World

2008 Biodiversity conservation

Author : Pedro Regato
Release : 2008
Genre : Biodiversity conservation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 588/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World written by Pedro Regato. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a set of strategic guidelines and key conservation and development issues for the Mediterranean mountains, grouped into eight priority themes, as a starting point towards the elaboration of action plans for the Mediterranean mountain chains.The book contents are based on the outputs of the rich debate that emerged from case studies and experiences debated by regional experts in a regional workshop which took place in Malaga (Spain) on 10-12 December 2007.

Impact of Global Changes on Mountains

2014-12-19 Nature

Author : Velma I. Grover
Release : 2014-12-19
Genre : Nature
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Download or read book Impact of Global Changes on Mountains written by Velma I. Grover. This book was released on 2014-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world's population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, resource use in high mountain areas has changed mainly in response to the

Mountain World in Danger

2013-11-05 Business & Economics

Author : Sten Nilsson
Release : 2013-11-05
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Mountain World in Danger by : Sten Nilsson

Download or read book Mountain World in Danger written by Sten Nilsson. This book was released on 2013-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism, water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to What is happening and at what the next steps should be. Originally published in 1991

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