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The biology of alpine habitats / / Laszlo Nagy and Georg Grabherr



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Autore: Nagy L (Laszlo), <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The biology of alpine habitats / / Laszlo Nagy and Georg Grabherr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina: 577.538
Soggetto topico: Mountain ecology
Upland ecology
Altri autori: GrabherrGeorg  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface; 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
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Sommario/riassunto: This 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
Titolo autorizzato: The biology of alpine habitats  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-383-02968-7
1-282-32864-6
9786612328640
0-19-154657-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828937303321
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Serie: Biology of habitats.