Alpine Environment:: Geology, Ecology and Conservation

by Schmidt, John G.

• ISBN13: 9781612093925
• ISBN10: 1612093922
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

This book presents topical research in the study of the Alpine environment with a focus on geology, ecology and conservation. Topics discussed include aquatic insects of remote Alpine lakes; the socio-economics of conservation in the Alps; the genetic diversity and population structure of Alpine plants endemic to the Tibetan plateau and climate change impacts on Alpine basins

Table of Contents

Preface

Aquatic Insects of Remote Alpine Lakes: Taxonomic Composition, Ecological Patterns & Seasonal Dynamics in Altitudinal Environmental Gradient

Herbaceous Species to Control the Alpine Soil Erosion: Field & Laboratory Experimental Tests

Estimation of Growing Season Length in Alpine Areas: Effects of Snow & Temperatures

Socioeconomics of Conservation in the Alps

The Alpine Environment & Anthropisation of the Landscape in the Western Pyrenees (Spain) during the Holocene

Recent Development in Avalanche Sciences

Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Basins

Geological Evolution of Eastern-Most Southern Alps: Julian Alps

Tectonic Control on the Evolution of the Middle Triassic Platforms in the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaric Region

Differences in the Evolution of Two Opposite Shelves of the Neotethys Ocean

Genetic Diversity & Population Structure of Alpine Plants Endemic to Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with Implications for Conservation under Global Warming

Index

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