Alpine Biodiversity in Europe /
This is the first ever European-wide overview of biodiversity in alpine areas. The volume draws together taxonomic, ecological, historical, functional and climatic studies to develop a holistic understanding of biodiversity at and above the treeline. The main themes are: plant, vegetation and animal...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2003.
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| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, ;
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Table of Contents:
- From the contents: Overview: An Outline of Europes Alpine Areas
- A Bioclimatic Characterisation of Europes Alpine Areas
- The High Mountain Vegetation of the Scandes
- The High Mountain Vegetation of Scotland
- Vegetation of the Giant Mountains, Central Europe
- The Alpine Vegetation of the Alps
- The Alpine Flora and Vegetation of the South-Eastern Carpathians
- The High Mountain Flora and Vegetation of the Apennines and the Italian Alps
- The Vegetation of the Alpine Zone in the Pyrenees
- High Mountain Vegetation of the Caucasus Region
- The Vegetation of the Corsican High Mountains
- The High Mountain Vegetation of the Balkan Peninsula
- Overview: Patterns in Diversity
- Taxonomic Diversity of Vascular Plants in the European Alpine Areas
- Patterns in the Plant Species Richness of European High Mountain Vegetation
- Altitude Ranges and Spatial Patterns of Alpine Plants in Northern Europe
- Vascular Plant and Bryophyte Diversity Along Elevational Gradients in the Alps
- Assessing the Long-term Dynamics of Endemic Plants at Summit Habitats
- Mapping Alpine Vegetation
- A GIS Assessment of Alpine Biodiversity at a Range of Scales
- Overview: Invertebrate Diversity in Europes Alpine Regions
- The Geographical Distribution of High Mountain Macrolepidoptera in Europe
- High Altitude Invertebrate Diversity in the Ural Mountains
- The Diversity of High Altitude Arachnids (Araneae. Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones) in the Alps
- Patterns of Butterfly Diversity Above the Timberline in the Italian Alps and Apennines
- Diversity Patterns of Carabids in the Alps and the Apennines
- Overview: Alpine Vertebrates
- Breeding Bird Assemblages and Habitat Use of Alpine Areas in Scotland
- Rodents in the European Alps: Population Ecology and Potential Impacts on Ecosystems
- Large Herbivores in Continental European Alpine Ecosystems: Current Status and Challenges for the Future
- Diversity of Alpine Vertebrates in the Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada, Spain
- The Impacts of Vertebrate Grazers.