LEADER 03084nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910778556003321 005 20211005012914.0 010 $a1-383-02968-7 010 $a1-282-32864-6 010 $a9786612328640 010 $a0-19-154657-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000806549 035 $a(EBL)472137 035 $a(OCoLC)535735952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272485 035 $a(PQKB)10319367 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10346431 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4964049 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232864 035 $a(PPN)139689176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472137 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000806549 100 $a20080902d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe biology of alpine habitats$b[electronic resource] /$fLaszlo Nagy and Georg Grabherr 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (389 p.) 225 1 $aBiology of habitats 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-856704-9 311 $a0-19-856703-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction: What is alpine?; 2 High mountains in latitude life zones: a worldwide perspective; 3 Elevation gradients; 4 The alpine environment: energy and climate; 5 Habitat creating factors: landforms, hydrology, and soils; 6 Alpine terrestrial habitats and community types/assemblages; 7 Biogeography, adaptation, and evolution of alpine organisms; 8 Temporal and spatial dynamics; 9 Global change impacts on alpine habitats: climate and nitrogen deposition; 10 Land use and conservation of alpine landscapes, ecosystems, and species; 11 Concluding remarks 327 $aReferencesIndex 330 $aThis book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that occur above the natural (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them over both ecological and evolutionary timescales. The broad geographic coverage helps synthesise common features whilst revealing differences in the world's major alpine systems from the Arctic to the Tropics. The words ""barren"" and ""wasteland"" have often been applied to describe landscapes beyondthe treeline. However, a closer look reveals a large diversity of habitats, assemblages and individual taxa, lar 410 0$aBiology of habitats. 606 $aMountain ecology 606 $aUpland ecology 615 0$aMountain ecology. 615 0$aUpland ecology. 676 $a577.538 700 $aNagy$b L$g(Laszlo),$f1961-$01525708 701 $aGrabherr$b Georg$01525709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778556003321 996 $aThe biology of alpine habitats$93767258 997 $aUNINA