LEADER 04209nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910830893403321 005 20230802012659.0 010 $a1-118-34397-2 010 $a1-119-94115-6 010 $a1-283-54283-8 010 $a9786613855282 010 $a1-118-34398-0 010 $a1-119-94116-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089739 035 $a(EBL)990688 035 $a(OCoLC)817806990 035 $a(OCoLC)795687250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC990688 035 $a(DLC) 2012024890 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089739 100 $a20120531d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aMediterranean mountain environments$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Ioannis Vogiatzakis 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-470-68624-3 311 $a0-470-68625-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a3.2.2 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 327 $a4.2 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 327 $a4.5 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 327 $a5 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 327 $a7.1 Introduction 330 $a"This book provides an introduction to the environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMountains$xEnvironmental aspects$zMediterranean Region 606 $aMountains$zMediterranean Region 615 0$aMountains$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aMountains 676 $a577.53091822 676 $a910.91822 686 $aSCI030000$2bisacsh 700 $aVogiatzakis$b Ioannis N$g(Ioannis Nikolaou)$01331942 701 $aVogiatzakis$b Ioannis N$g(Ioannis Nikolaou)$01331942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830893403321 996 $aMediterranean mountain environments$93997480 997 $aUNINA