03263nam 2200661Ia 450 991096302290332120251117080507.01-61942-798-2(CKB)2670000000160368(EBL)3017946(SSID)ssj0000686877(PQKBManifestationID)12284130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686877(PQKBWorkID)10734053(PQKB)10910869(MiAaPQ)EBC3017946(Au-PeEL)EBL3017946(CaPaEBR)ebr10654917(OCoLC)923654269(BIP)33187721(EXLCZ)99267000000016036820110308d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlpine environment geology, ecology, and conservation /John G. Schmidt, editor1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc20111 online resource (226 p.)Earth sciences in the 21st centuryEnvironmental science, engineering and technologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-61209-392-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""AQUATIC INSECTS OF REMOTE ALPINE LAKES: TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION, ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND SEASONAL DYNAMICS IN ALTITUDINAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT (TATRA MTS, SLOVAKIA)""; ""HERBACEOUS SPECIES TO CONTROL THE ALPINE SOIL EROSION: FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTAL TESTS""; ""ESTIMATION OF THE GROWING SEASON LENGTH IN ALPINE AREAS: EFFECTS OF SNOW AND TEMPERATURES""; ""SOCIOECONOMICS OF CONSERVATION IN THE ALPS""; ""THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT AND ANTHROPISATION OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES (SPAIN) DURING THE HOLOCENE""""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 AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ALPINE PLANTS ENDEMIC TO QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION UNDER GLOBAL WARMING""; ""INDEX""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.Earth sciences in the 21st century series.Environmental science, engineering and technology series.GeologyMountain biodiversity conservationMountain ecologyMountainsGeology.Mountain biodiversity conservation.Mountain ecology.Mountains.577.5/3Schmidt John G(John George),1953-1869146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963022903321Alpine environment4477340UNINA