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High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

By Jordi Catalan , Josep M. Ninot , M. Mercè Aniz

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
978-3-319-55982-7, 3319559826, 978-3-319-55981-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13440700 bytes)
Series
Advances in Global Change Research 62
Pages
413\413
Time added
2017-10-15 16:00:00
Environment;Climate change;Environmental geography

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This book aims to provide case studies and a general view of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains, and to analyse the implications for nature conservation. Although case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, conclusions are aimed at any mountain range surrounded by highly populated lowland areas. The chapters give emphasis to approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The introductory and closing chapters summarize the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license. Read more... Abstract: This book aims to provide case studies and a general view of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains, and to analyse the implications for nature conservation. Although case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, conclusions are aimed at any mountain range surrounded by highly populated lowland areas. The chapters give emphasis to approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The introductory and closing chapters summarize the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World (Jordi Catalan, Josep M. Ninot, M. Mercè Aniz)....Pages 3-36 Trade-offs in High Mountain Conservation (Francisco Lloret)....Pages 37-59 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 Molecular Biogeography of the High Mountain Systems of Europe: An Overview (Thomas Schmitt)....Pages 63-74 The Beginning of High Mountain Occupations in the Pyrenees. Human Settlements and Mobility from 18,000 cal BC to 2000 cal BC (Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè, Niccolò Mazzucco, Ignacio Clemente Conte, David Rodríguez Antón, Laura Obea Gómez, Manuel Quesada Carrasco et al.)....Pages 75-105 The Role of Environmental Geohistory in High-Mountain Landscape Conservation (Albert Pèlachs, Ramon Pérez-Obiol, Joan Manuel Soriano, Raquel Cunill, Marie-Claude Bal, Juan Carlos García-Codron)....Pages 107-129 The Multiple Factors Explaining Decline in Mountain Forests: Historical Logging and Warming-Related Drought Stress is Causing Silver-Fir Dieback in the Aragón Pyrenees (J. Julio Camarero)....Pages 131-154 Front Matter ....Pages 155-155 Towards a Microbial Conservation Perspective in High Mountain Lakes (Emilio O. Casamayor)....Pages 157-180 Why Should We Preserve Fishless High Mountain Lakes? (Marc Ventura, Rocco Tiberti, Teresa Buchaca, Danilo Buñay, Ibor Sabás, Alexandre Miró)....Pages 181-205 Are Soil Carbon Stocks in Mountain Grasslands Compromised by Land-Use Changes? (Jordi Garcia-Pausas, Joan Romanyà, Francesc Montané, Ana I. Rios, Marc Taull, Pere Rovira et al.)....Pages 207-230 The Importance of Reintroducing Large Carnivores: The Brown Bear in the Pyrenees (Santiago Palazón)....Pages 231-249 Front Matter ....Pages 251-251 Life-History Responses to the Altitudinal Gradient (Paola Laiolo, José Ramón Obeso)....Pages 253-283 Non-equilibrium in Alpine Plant Assemblages: Shifts in Europe’s Summit Floras (Christian Rixen, Sonja Wipf)....Pages 285-303 Changes in Climate, Snow and Water Resources in the Spanish Pyrenees: Observations and Projections in a Warming Climate (Enrique Morán-Tejeda, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, Alba Sanmiguel-Vallelado)....Pages 305-323 Atmospheric Chemical Loadings in the High Mountain: Current Forcing and Legacy Pollution (Lluís Camarero)....Pages 325-341 Importance of Long-Term Studies to Conservation Practice: The Case of the Bearded Vulture in the Pyrenees (Antoni Margalida)....Pages 343-383 Monitoring Global Change in High Mountains (Regino Zamora, Antonio J. Pérez-Luque, Francisco J. Bonet)....Pages 385-413

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