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The high-mountain cryosphere : environmental changes and human risks
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ISBN: 1316355152 1316361551 1316363554 1316362558 1107588650 1316358151 1316364550 1316349152 9781316358153 9781316364550 9781107588653 9781316363553 9781107065840 1107065844 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This edited volume, showcasing cutting-edge research, addresses two primary questions - what are the main drivers of change in high-mountains and what are the risks implied by these changes? From a physical perspective, it examines the complex interplay between climate and the high-mountain cryosphere, with further chapters covering tectonics, volcano-ice interactions, hydrology, slope stability, erosion, ecosystems, and glacier- and snow-related hazards. Societal dimensions, both global and local, of high-mountain cryospheric change are also explored. The book offers unique perspectives on high-mountain cultures, livelihoods, governance and natural resources management, focusing on how global change influences societies and how people respond to climate-induced cryospheric changes. An invaluable reference for researchers and professionals in cryospheric science, geomorphology, climatology, environmental studies and human geography, this volume will also be of interest to practitioners working in global change and risk, including NGOs and policy advisors.


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Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems
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ISBN: 9783319128597 3319128582 9783319128580 3319128590 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This comprehensive work provides insight into problems related to ecosystem fragmentation, health and well-being of high-altitude ecosystems, ecosystem services for food and medicine, and the issue of invasive alien species. This research has been collected by the world's most respected experts in climate change and ecology from Turkey, Pakistan, South America, Malaysia, Nepal, Kirgizistan, Kazakistan, Georgia, Russia, Macedonia, Indonesia, and North America. These experts discuss ecosystem health and productivity, climate change, threats to high-altitude ecosystems, soils, and other limiting environmental factors at high altitudes. The data presented here covers some of the most important mountain ranges in the world, including the Himalayas, Andes, Altai, Tien-Shan, and Caucasus. Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems focuses on improving our understanding on the effects of climate change on biodiversity and provides insight to young researchers on these fragile ecosystems for their future evaluation.

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Life Sciences. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Climate Change. --- Ecosystems. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Plant Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Conservation biology. --- Climatic changes. --- Sciences de la vie --- Ecosystèmes menacés --- Biologie de la conservation --- Climat --- Changements --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Mountain ecology. --- Mountain climate. --- Mountain biodiversity. --- Alpine biodiversity --- Alpine region biodiversity --- Diversity, Mountain biological --- Mountain biological diversity --- Mountains --- Sub-alpine biodiversity --- Subalpine biodiversity --- Climate, Highland --- Climate, Mountain --- Highland climate --- Alpine ecology --- Alpine region ecology --- Alpine regions --- Biodiversity --- Plant ecology. --- Ecology. --- Climate change. --- Climatology --- Weather --- Upland ecology --- Effect of mountains on --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Botany --- Plants --- Environmental aspects --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology . --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Floristic ecology --- Global environmental change

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