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Alpine environment : geology, ecology, and conservation / John G. Schmidt, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Earth sciences in the 21st century series.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Earth sciences in the 21st century
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology.
- Mountain biodiversity conservation.
- Mountain ecology.
- Mountains.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents topical research in the study of the Alpine environment with a focus on geology, ecology and conservation. Topics discussed include aquatic insects of remote Alpine lakes; the socio-economics of conservation in the Alps; the genetic diversity and population structure of Alpine plants endemic to the Tibetan plateau and climate change impacts on Alpine basins.
- Contents:
- ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""AQUATIC INSECTS OF REMOTE ALPINE LAKES: TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION, ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND SEASONAL DYNAMICS IN ALTITUDINAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT (TATRA MTS, SLOVAKIA)""; ""HERBACEOUS SPECIES TO CONTROL THE ALPINE SOIL EROSION: FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTAL TESTS""; ""ESTIMATION OF THE GROWING SEASON LENGTH IN ALPINE AREAS: EFFECTS OF SNOW AND TEMPERATURES""; ""SOCIOECONOMICS OF CONSERVATION IN THE ALPS""; ""THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT AND ANTHROPISATION OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES (SPAIN) DURING THE HOLOCENE""
- ""TECTONIC CONTROL ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC PLATFORMS IN THE ALPINE-CARPATHIAN-DINARIC REGION (DIFFERENCES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TWO OPPOSITE SHELVES OF THE NEOTETHYS OCEAN)""""GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ALPINE PLANTS ENDEMIC TO QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION UNDER GLOBAL WARMING""; ""INDEX""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/23/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-61942-798-2
- OCLC:
- 923654269
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