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The biology of alpine habitats / Laszlo Nagy, Georg Grabherr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagy, L. (Laszlo), 1961- author.
- Grabherr, Georg, author.
- Series:
- Biology of habitats.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Biology of habitats
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountain ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (389 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of alpine (mountain) habitats emphasises the organisms that dominate alpine environments, although global change, management and conservation aspects (including restoration) will also be considered.
- Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction: What is alpine?; 2 High mountains in latitude life zones: a worldwide perspective; 3 Elevation gradients; 4 The alpine environment: energy and climate; 5 Habitat creating factors: landforms, hydrology, and soils; 6 Alpine terrestrial habitats and community types/assemblages; 7 Biogeography, adaptation, and evolution of alpine organisms; 8 Temporal and spatial dynamics; 9 Global change impacts on alpine habitats: climate and nitrogen deposition; 10 Land use and conservation of alpine landscapes, ecosystems, and species; 11 Concluding remarks
- ReferencesIndex
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-02968-7
- 1-282-32864-6
- 9786612328640
- 0-19-154657-7
- OCLC:
- 535735952
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