Land use change and mountain biodiversity. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eva M. Spehn, Maximo Liberman, and Christian Körner.
• Other Names: Spehn, E. M (Eva M.); Liberman, Máximo; Körner, Christian, 1949-
• Contents: High-Elevation Land Use, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Functioning; Christian Körner, Gia Nakhutsrishvili, and Eva Spehn ; Diversity of Afroalpine Vegetation and Ecology of Treeline Species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and the Influence of Fire; Masresha Fetene, Yoseph Assefa, Menassie Gashaw, Zerihun Woldu, and Erwin Beck ; Is Afroalpine Plant Biodiversity Negatively Affected by High-Altitude Fires?; Karsten Wesche ; The Impact of Fire on Diversity, Structure, and Composition of the Vegetation on Mt. Kilimanjaro; Andreas Hemp ; Effects of Fire on the Diversity of Geometrid Moths on Mt. Kilimanjaro; Jan C. Axmacher, Ludger Scheuermann, Marion Schrumpf, Herbert V.M. Lyaruu, Konrad Fiedler, and Klaus Müller-Hohenstein ; The Influence of Fire on Mountain Sclerophyllous Forests and Their Small-Mammal Communities in Madagascar; Bernardin P.N. Rasolonandrasana and Steven M. Goodman ; Fire, Plant Species Richness, and Aerial Biomass Distribution in Mountain Grasslands of Northwest Argentina; Roxana Aragón, Julietta Carilla, and Luciana Cristóbal ; The Biodiversity of the Columbian Páramo and Its Relation to Anthropogenic Impact; Orlando Rangel Churio ; Grazing Impact on Vegetation Structure and Plant Species Richness in an Old-Field Succession of the Venezuelan Paramos; Lina Sarmiento ; Vegetation and Grazing Patterns in Andean Environments: A Comparison of Pastoral Systems in Punas and Páramos; Marcelo Molinillo and Maximina Monasterio ; Grazing Intensity, Plant Diversity, and Rangeland Conditions in the Southeastern Andes of Peru (Palccoyo, Cusco); Jorge Alberto Bustamante Becerra ; Importance of Carrying Capacity in Sustainable Management of Key High-Andean Puna Rangelands (Bofedales ) in Ulla Ulla, Bolivia ; Humberto Alzérreca, Jorge Laura, Freddy Loza, Demetrio Luna, and Jonny Ortega ; Functional Diversity of Wetland Vegetation in the High-Andean ; Páramo, Venezuela ; Zulimar Hernández and Maximina Monasterio ; Millennia of Grazing History in Eastern Ladakh, India, Reflected in Rangeland Vegetation; Gopal S. Rawat and Bhupendra S. Adhikari ; Alpine Grazing in the Snowy Mountains of Australia: Degradation and Stabilization of the Ecosystem; Ken Green, Roger B. Good, Stuart W. Johnston, and Lisa A. Simpson ; Vegetation of the Pamir (Tajikistan): Land Use and Desertification Problems; Siegmar-W. Breckle and Walter Wucherer ; Effects of Grazing on Biodiversity, Productivity, and Soil Erosion of Alpine Pastures in Tajik Mountains; Khukmatullo M. Akhmadov, Siegmar-W. Breckle, and Uta Breckle ; Plant Species Diversity, Forest Structure, and Tree Regeneration in Subalpine Wood Pastures; Andrea C. Mayer, Veronika Stöckli, Christine Huovinen, and Michael Kreuzer ; Patterns of Forest Recovery in Grazing Fields in the Subtropical Mountains of Northwest Argentina; Julieta Carilla, H. Ricardo Grau, and Agustina Malizia ; Climatic and Anthropogenic Influences on the Dynamics of ; Prosopis ferox Forests in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina ; Mariano Morales and Ricardo Villalba ; Conservation of Biodiversity in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountain Range; Terry M. Everson and Craig.D. Morris ; Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Biodiversity: A Major Issue of Protected-Area Management in Nepal; Khadga Basnet ; Agricultural Development and Biodiversity Conservation in the Páramo Environments of the Andes of Merida, Venezuela; Maximina Monasterio and Marcelo Molinillo ; Multidimensional (Climatic, Biodiversity, Socioeconomic, and Agricultural) Context of Changes in Land Use in the Vilcanota Watershed, Peru; Stephan Halloy, Anton Seimon, Karina Yager, and Alfredo Tupayachi ; Fire and Grazing — A Synthesis of Human Impacts on Highland Biodiversity; Eva M. Spehn, Maximo Liberman, and Christian Körner ; The Moshi-La Paz Research Agenda on “Land Use Effects on Tropical and Subtropical Mountain Biodiversity”
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 577.5/3; Mountain ecology -- Congresses; Land use -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; Biodiversity -- Congresses; Mountain ecology -- Congresses; Land use -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; Biodiversity -- Congresses; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry) -- (Environmental); NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; NATURE -- Ecology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Biodiversity; Land use -- Environmental aspects; Mountain ecology; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420002872; 9781420002874; 9780849335235; 1280500522; 9781280500527
• Related ISBNs: 084933523X; 084933523X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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