Mountain Biodiversity: A Global Assessment

ISBN-13: 9780367359140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 346 str.

Ch K?rner; E. M. Spehn

Opis

Originally published in 2002, Mountain Biodiversity deals with the biological richness, function and change of mountain environments and examines biological diversity as essential for the integrity of mountain ecosystems. It argues that this dependency is likely to increase as environmental climates and social conditions change.

Spis treści

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 Consequence 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 Data  7. Multi-Scale Patterns in Plant Species in 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 Australia  13. 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: Climate 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 Climactic Fluctuations  19. 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 Ethopia  24. 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

O autorze

Ch. Korner, E.M. Spehn