Arctic and Alpine Environments

ISBN-13: 9780367352547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 1066 str.

Jack D. Ives; Roger G. Barry

Opis

Originally published in 1974, Arctic and Alpine Environments examines, the relatively simple ecosystems of arctic and alpine lands that still occupy extensive areas little disturbed by modern technology.

Spis treści

List of Plates  Acknowledgements  Preface  1. Introduction  Part I: Present Environments  2. Climate  2a. Arctic Climate  2b. Contribution to the Comparative Meteorology of Mountain Area  2c. Topo-and Microclimatology in Alpine Areas  2d. Snow  3. Hydrology  3a. Arctic Hydrology  3b. Alpine Hydrology  4. Ice  4a. Permafrost  4b. Present Arctic Ice Cover  4c. Present Alpine Ice Cover  Part II: Past Environments  5. Palaeoclimatology  6. History of Glaciation  6a. Cainzoic Glaciations and Crustal Movements of the Arctic  6b. Alpine Quaternary Glaciation  Part III: Present Biota  7. Treeline  7a. Ecology of the Northern Continental Forest Border  7b. Alpine Timberlines  8. Vegetation  8a. Arctic and Alpine Vegetation: Plant Adaptation to Cold Summer Climates  8b. Tundra Primary Productivity  9. Terrestrial Vertebrates  Part IV: Development of Biota  10. Historical Plant Geography  10a. Origin and Evolution of the Arctic and Alpine Floras  10b. Biological Refugia and the Nunatak Hypothesis  11. Palaeoecology and Palaeozoogeography  11a. Arctic North American Palaeoecology: The Recent History of Vegetation and Climate Deduced From Pollen Analysis  11b. Palaeolithic Players on the American Stage: Man’s Impact on the Late Pleistocene Megafauna  Part V: Abiotic Processes  12. Geomorphic Processes  12a. Geomorphic Processes in the Arctic  12b. The Geomorphic Processes of the Alpine Environment  13. Soils  13a. Arctic Soils  13b. Alpine Soils  Part VI: Man in Cold Environments  14. Bioclimatology  14a. Physiological Responses to Cold Environments  14b. Man Living at High Altitudes  15. Archaeology  15a. The Peopling of Arctic North America  15b. Prehistoric Occupation of the Alpine Zone in the Rocky Mountains  Part VII: Man’s Impact on the Environment  16. Radioecology  17. The Impact of Twentieth-Century Technology  17a. Small-Scale Examples  17a.1. The Impact of Motor Vehicles  17a.2. The Snowmobile in Eskimo Culture  17a.3. The Snowmobile, Lapps and Reindeer Herding in Finnish Lapland  17a.4. The Impact of Man as a Biped  17b. Large-Scale Examples  18. Postscript  Glossary  Index

O autorze

Jack D. Ives, Roger G. Barry