Mediterranean mountain environments [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ioannis Vogiatzakis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830893403321
• Autore: Vogiatzakis Ioannis N (Ioannis Nikolaou)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1-118-34397-2; 1-119-94115-6; 1-283-54283-8; 9786613855282; 1-118-34398-0; 1-119-94116-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Classificazione: SCI030000
• Altri autori (Persone): VogiatzakisIoannis N (Ioannis Nikolaou)
• Disciplina: 577.53091822; 910.91822
• Soggetti: Mountains - Environmental aspects - Mediterranean Region; Mountains - Mediterranean Region
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 3.2.2 Iberia3.2.3 Pyrenees; 3.2.4 Maritime Alps; 3.2.5 Italian Apennines; 3.2.6 Dinaric Alps; 3.2.7 Bulgaria; 3.2.8 Greece; 3.2.9 Turkey; 3.2.10 Lebanon; 3.2.11 The glaciated Mediterranean islands; 3.3 Modern and recent glaciers in the Mediterranean mountains; 3.3.1 Iberia (Spain/France); 3.3.2 Maritime Alps (France/Italy); 3.3.3 Apennines (Italy); 3.3.4 Julian Alps (Slovenia); 3.3.5 Dinaric and Albanian Alps (Montenegro/Albania); 3.3.6 Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria); 3.3.7 Turkey; 3.4 Conclusion; References; 4 Landforms and soils; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Geomorphological processes in the Mediterranean mountain region4.3 Geological setting; 4.4 Soil characteristics of Mediterranean landscape units; 4.4.1 Landscapes on limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic; 4.4.2 Landscapes of the Palaeozoic metamorphic rocks; 4.4.3 Landscapes of intrusive rocks (granite, granodiorite, etc.); 4.4.4 Landscapes of effusive rocks; 4.4.5 Landscapes on marly, arenaceous and calcareous-marly rocks; ; 4.4.6 Landscapes on detritus and debris cones; 4.4.7 Landscapes on moraines; 4.5 Northern Mediterranean mountain landscapes: from the Pyrenees to the Hellenids4.5.1 Pyrenees; 4.5.2 The Apennines; 4.5.3 The Dinarids and the Hellenids; 4.6 Eastern Mediterranean mountains: the Lebanon Mountains; 4.7 Southern Mediterranean mountains: Atlas Mountains and Iberian Baetic Cordillera; 4.7.1 The Atlas; 4.7.2 The Baetic Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada; 4.8 Characteristic mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean islands; 4.8.1 Sardinian mountain landscape; 4.8.2 Active volcanic landscapes; 4.8.3 The Etna volcano: activity, soils and landscape; 4.9 Conclusion; References; 5 Climate and hydrology5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Climate and physical characteristics; 5.2.1 Rivers; 5.2.2 Snowmelt hydrology; 5.2.3 Snow and water quality; 5.2.4 Ecohydrology; 5.2.5 Dams and hydrology; 5.2.6 Tourism and hydrology; 5.2.7 Decision support systems (DSS); 5.3 Vulnerability of water resources to climate change; 5.4 Adaptation strategies; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Biogeography; 6.1 Introduction to mountain biogeography; 6.2 Vegetation; 6.3 Flora; 6.3.1 Endemism; 6.4 Fauna; 6.5 Conservation in Mediterranean mountains; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Cultural geographies; 7.1 Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book provides an introduction to the environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors"--