Mountain biodiversity : a global assessment / edited by Ch. Körner and E.M. Spehn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Körner, Christian, 1949- editor.

Spehn, E. M. (Eva M.), editor.

Series:

Routledge library editions : ecology ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountain ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages).

Place of Publication:

[London] : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Originally published in 2002, Mountain Biodiversity deals with the biological richness, function and change of mountain environments. The book was birthed from the first global conference on mountain biodiversity and was a contribution to the International Year of Mountains in 2002. The book examines biological diversity as essential for the integrity of mountain ecosystems and argues that this dependency is likely to increase as environmental climates and social conditions change. This book seeks to examine the biological riches of all major mountain ranges, from around the world and using existing knowledge on mountain biodiversity, examines a broad range of research in diversity, including that of plants, animals, human and bacterial diversity. The book also examines climate change and mountain biodiversity as well as land use and conservation.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Orignal Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. Mountain biodiversity, its causes and function: an overview; Part II: How much mountain biodiversity is there and why?; 2. Intraspecific genetic diversity in alpine plants; 3. Causes and consequences of alpine vascular plant diversity in the Rocky Mountains; 4. Biodiversity of the vascular timberline flora in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada; 5. Plant species richness and endemism of upper montane forests and timberline habitats in the Bolivian Andes

6. Biotope patterns, phytodiversity and forestline in the Andes, based on GIS and remote sensing data7. Multi-scale patterns in plant species richness of European high mountain vegetation; 8. Environmental determinants of vascular plant species richness in the Swiss alpine zone; 9. Plant diversity and endemism in high mountains of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Siberia; 10. Cold spots in the highest mountains of the world

diversity patterns and gradients in the flora of the Karakorum; 11. Patterns of plant species diversity in the northeastern Tibetan plateau in Qinghai, China

12. Factors influencing the spatial restriction of vascular plant species in the alpine archipelagos of Australia13. Biodiversity of the subalpine forest-grassland ecotone of the Andringitra Massif, Madagascar; 14. Diversity in primary succession: the chronosequence of a glacier foreland; 15. Status and trends in diversity of alpine vertebrates in the northwestern United States; 16. Biodiversity of human populations in mountain environments; Part III: Climatic changes and mountain biodiversity; 17. Potential effects of climate change on alpine and nival plants in the Alps

18. Variations in community structure and growth rates of high-Andean plants with climatic fluctuations19. A scenario for mammal and bird diversity in the Snowy Mountains of Australia in relation to climate change; 20. Modelling and monitoring ecosystem responses to climate change in three North American mountain ranges; 21. Scenarios of plant diversity in South African mountain ranges in relation to climate change; 22. Biodiversity in mountain medicinal plants and possible impacts of climatic change; Part IV: Mountain biodiversity, land use and conservation

23. Land use and biodiversity in upland pastures in Ethiopia24. Balancing conservation of biodiversity and economic profit in the high Venezuelan Andes: Is fallow agriculture an alternative?; 25. Conserving mountain biodiversity in protected areas; 26. How effective is protected area management in mountains?; 27. National action plans for mountain biodiversity conservation and research; Part V: Synthesis; 28. A global assessment of mountain biodiversity: synthesis; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-69901-3

1-000-69829-7

0-429-34258-6

9780429342585

OCLC:

1120696560