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Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts : Natural Landscapes and Human Adaptations to Diversity
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ISBN: 9783031519550 Year: 2024 Publisher: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,

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This book studies mountains with a global perspective, like a complex topographic and topoclimatic mosaic organized in altitudinal belts that are influenced by a huge variability in slopes, soils, lithology and insolation. Furthermore, the presence of lower temperatures, higher precipitation and the seasonal presence of snow create conditions conductive to supporting various life forms and natural geomorphological and hydrological processes. The integration of environmental and human aspects highlights the impacts of human activities and climate fluctuations on soil hydrology, soil erosion, water resources, and landscape/landforms evolution. After presenting the way in which humans (from Prehistory to Alexander von Humboldt) discovered the mountains, subsequent chapters try to underline the importance of mountains in generating water resources and hydropower for lowlands, serving as biodiversity hotspots, and contributing to cultural diversity. The book delves into the role of human actives in transforming the natural landscapes and creating new cultural landscapes. This exploration considers the significance of altitudinal belts in shaping the spatial and temporal organization of land uses which, in turn, have been determined by population growth and the development of regional and national markets. Additionally, the book illustrates the effect of global change on mountain evolution, exploring their consequences on landscape characteristics and dynamics as well as on the planetary role of the mountains. It concludes by offering a unique perspective on enhancing mountain conservation in order to preserve cultures, land uses, and landscapes.


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Iberia, Land of glaciers : how the mountains were shaped by glaciers
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ISBN: 0128219696 0128219416 9780128219690 9780128219416 Year: 2022 Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier,

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Ethnobotany of the mountain regions of Southeast Asia
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ISBN: 303038389X Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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This volume is a compendium of selected plant species of ethnobotanical value to the highland communities of popular Southeast Asia. Traditional knowledge held by local communities on their resources is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. New plants find their entry into the local pharmacopoeias, while existing ones maybe removed. Likewise, various local communities might find the same plant useful for completely different purposes. While compiling information on the species, authors have taken great care to ensure that the dynamic nature of ethnobotanical knowledge is represented adequately. Special emphasis has also been given to cultural value of species to the local communities in the region. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). The objective of this new Major Reference Work on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship on highland landscapes and communities. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic volume on the highlands of popular SE Asia is available in the market. We include the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for the region. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will also be interested in the dedicated website for this volume and its dynamic content.


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Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions.
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ISBN: 3030807673 3030807665 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,

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This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. This book includes structured summaries of each chapter. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, CLIMO has brought together scientists and experts in continental and regional focus assessments through a cross-sectoral approach, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. CLIMO has provided scientific analysis on issues including criteria and indicators, growth dynamics, management prescriptions, long-term perspectives, monitoring technologies, economic impacts, and governance tools.


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Alpine plant life : functional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems
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ISBN: 3030595382 3030595374 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,


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Mountains in the Greenhouse : Climate Change and the Mountains of the Western U.S.A.
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ISBN: 3030424324 3030424316 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book is written for general readers with an interest in science, and offers the tools and ideas for understanding how climate change will affect mountains of the American West. A major goal of the book is to provide material that will not become quickly outdated, and it does so by conveying its topics through constants in ecological science that will remain unchanged and scientifically sound. The book is timely in its potential to be a long-term contribution, and is designed to inform the public about climate change in mountains accessibly and intelligibly. The major themes of the book include: 1) mountains of the American West as natural experiments that can distinguish the effects of climate change because they have been relatively free from human-caused changes, 2) mountains as regions with unique sensitivities that may change more rapidly than the Earth as a whole and foreshadow the nature and magnitude of change elsewhere, and 3) different interacting components of ecosystems in the face of a changing climate, including forest growth and mortality, ecological disturbance, and mountain hydrology. Readers will learn how these changes and interactions in mountains illuminate the complexity of ecological changes in other contexts around the world.

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Mountain climate --- Climate, Highland --- Climate, Mountain --- Highland climate --- Climatology --- Weather --- Effect of mountains on --- Ecosystems. --- Environment. --- Ecology . --- Environment, general. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Climatic changes. --- 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) --- Environmental aspects --- Canvi climàtic --- Muntanyes --- Ecologia de les muntanyes --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ecologia alpina --- Ecologia de muntanya --- Ecosistemes de muntanya --- Ecosistemes muntanyosos --- Ecologia --- Flora alpina --- Àrees de muntanya --- Orografia --- Pujols --- Serralades --- Serres (Geografia) --- Turons --- Zones de muntanya --- Espais naturals --- Alpinisme --- Canvis climàtics --- Canvi climàtic global --- Cicles climàtics --- Fluctuacions climàtiques --- Oscil·lacions climàtiques --- Variacions climàtiques --- Climatologia --- Degradació ambiental --- Desertització --- Canvi mediambiental global --- Dendroclimatologia --- Escalfament global --- Paleoclimatologia --- Temperatura atmosfèrica --- E.U.A. --- EE.UU. --- EUA --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estats Units --- U.S.A. --- United States --- United States of America --- USA --- Amèrica del Nord --- Alabama --- Alaska --- Arizona --- Arkansas --- Califòrnia --- Carolina del Nord --- Carolina del Sud --- Colorado --- Connecticut --- Dakota del Nord --- Dakota del Sud --- Delaware --- Florida --- Geòrgia --- Guadalupe Mountains (Estats Units d'Amèrica : Serralada) --- Hawaii --- Idaho --- Illinois --- Indiana --- Iowa --- Kansas --- Kentucky --- Louisiana --- Maine --- Maryland --- Massachusetts --- Michigan --- Minnesota --- Mississipí --- Missouri --- Montana --- Nebraska --- Nevada --- Nou Hampshire --- Nou Mèxic --- Nova Jersey --- Nova York (Estat) --- Oest (Estats Units d'Amèrica) --- Ohio --- Oklahoma --- Oregon --- Pennsilvània --- Rhode Island --- Tennessee --- Texas --- Utah --- Vermont --- Virgínia --- Virgínia de l'Oest --- Washington (Districte de Colúmbia) --- Washington (Estat) --- Wisconsin --- Wyoming --- Yellowstone National Park --- Global environmental change --- Est (Estats Units d'Amèrica)


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Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia
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ISBN: 3030554945 3030554937 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are renowned around the globe because of their unique beauty, climate, and biocultural diversity. Because of geoclimatic conditions, the mountains of Asia are medicinal and food plant diversity hot spots. The indigenous communities residing in the valleys of these mountains have their own culture and traditions, and have a long history of interaction with the surrounding plant diversity. Local inhabitants of these mountains areas possess significant traditional knowledge of plant species used as food, medicine, and for cultural purposes. So far, many workers have reported traditional uses of plant species from different regions of Asia including some mountain areas; however, there is not one inclusive document on the ethnobotany of mountains in Asia. This book provides a comprehensive overview on ethno-ecological knowledge and cross cultural variation in the application of plant species among various communities residing in the mountains of Asia; cross cultural variation in traditional uses of plant species by the mountain communities; high value medicinal and food plant species; and threats and conservation status of plant species and traditional knowledge. This book should be useful to researchers of biodiversity and conservation, ethnobiologists, ethnoecologists, naturalists, phytochemists, pharmacists, policy makers, and all who have a devotion to nature.

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Traditional medicine --- Ethnobiology --- Ethnobotany --- Indigenous peoples --- Plants --- Human-plant relationships --- Folk biology --- Folkbiology --- Traditional biology --- Biology, Economic --- Ethnoscience --- Ethnic medicine --- Ethnomedicine --- Folk medicine --- Home cures --- Home medicine --- Home remedies --- Indigenous medicine --- Medical folklore --- Medicine, Primitive --- Primitive medicine --- Surgery, Primitive --- Alternative medicine --- Folklore --- Medical anthropology --- Ethnopharmacology --- Etnobiologia --- Etnobotànica --- Muntanyes --- Àsia --- Àrees de muntanya --- Orografia --- Pujols --- Serralades --- Serres (Geografia) --- Turons --- Zones de muntanya --- Espais naturals --- Alpinisme --- Etnografia botànica --- Botànica --- Plantes útils --- Nomenclatura popular de les plantes --- Biologia tradicional --- Etnozoologia --- Biologia econòmica --- Estats i territoris --- Euràsia --- Àsia central --- Eufrates (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Eufrates (Àsia : Vall) --- Himàlaia (Àsia : Serralada) --- Jònia (Turquia i Grècia) --- Orient --- Tigris (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Plant ecology. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant diseases. --- Plant Evolution. --- Plant Development. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Plant Pathology. --- Evolution. --- Development. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Crop biotechnology --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Floristic ecology --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Biotechnology --- Ontogeny --- Phylogeny


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Ecosystem services in Patagonia : a multi-criteria approach for an integrated assessment
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ISBN: 3030691667 3030691659 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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Applied ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Biotic communities. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Nature conservation --- Environmental protection --- Ecologia --- Ecosistemes --- Biologia de la conservació --- Patagònia (Argentina i Xile) --- Biologia de la conservació de recursos --- Conservació del patrimoni biològic --- Conservació de recursos biològics --- Conservació de recursos genètics --- Patrimoni biològic --- Biologia --- Conservació dels recursos naturals --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Biocenosis --- Bionomia --- Ciència ecològica --- Equilibri en la natura --- Processos ecològics --- Ciències ambientals --- Bioclimatologia --- Cadenes alimentàries (Ecologia) --- Cicles biogeoquímics --- Ecologia agrícola --- Ecologia animal --- Ecologia aquàtica --- Ecologia de les illes --- Ecologia de les costes --- Ecologia de les muntanyes --- Ecologia de les praderies --- Ecologia de les regions àrides --- Ecologia de les zones humides --- Ecologia del foc --- Ecologia del paisatge --- Ecologia dels sòls --- Ecologia espacial --- Ecologia microbiana --- Ecologia química --- Ecologia teòrica --- Ecologia urbana --- Ecologia vegetal --- Hàbitat (Ecologia) --- Indicadors biològics --- Medi ambient --- Microclimatologia --- Nutrients (Medi ambient) --- Paleoecologia --- Predació (Biologia) --- Relacions animal-planta --- Resiliència (Ecologia) --- Restauració ecològica --- Successió ecològica --- Biodiversitat --- Biologia de poblacions --- Biosfera --- Ecòlegs --- Natura --- Premi Ramon Margalef d'Ecologia --- Simbiosi --- Patagònia (Amèrica del Sud : Regió) --- Amèrica del Sud --- Patagònia (Argentina : Regió) --- Patagònia (Xile : Regió)


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Deterministic, Stochastic and Thermodynamic Modelling of some Interacting Species
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ISBN: 9789811663123 Year: 2021 Publisher: Singapore Springer Singapore :Imprint: Springer

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Biomatemàtica --- Ecologia --- Models matemàtics --- Models (Matemàtica) --- Models experimentals --- Models teòrics --- Mètodes de simulació --- Anàlisi de sistemes --- Mètode de Montecarlo --- Modelització multiescala --- Models economètrics --- Models lineals (Estadística) --- Models multinivell (Estadística) --- Models no lineals (Estadística) --- Programació (Ordinadors) --- Simulació per ordinador --- Teoria de màquines --- Models biològics --- Bionomia --- Ciència ecològica --- Equilibri en la natura --- Processos ecològics --- Biologia --- Ciències ambientals --- Bioclimatologia --- Cadenes alimentàries (Ecologia) --- Cicles biogeoquímics --- Biocenosis --- Ecologia agrícola --- Ecologia animal --- Ecologia aquàtica --- Ecologia de les illes --- Ecologia de les costes --- Ecologia de les muntanyes --- Ecologia de les praderies --- Ecologia de les regions àrides --- Ecologia de les zones humides --- Ecologia del foc --- Ecologia del paisatge --- Ecologia dels sòls --- Ecologia espacial --- Ecologia microbiana --- Ecologia química --- Ecologia teòrica --- Ecologia urbana --- Ecologia vegetal --- Ecosistemes --- Hàbitat (Ecologia) --- Indicadors biològics --- Medi ambient --- Microclimatologia --- Nutrients (Medi ambient) --- Paleoecologia --- Predació (Biologia) --- Relacions animal-planta --- Restauració ecològica --- Successió ecològica --- Biodiversitat --- Biologia de poblacions --- Biosfera --- Ecòlegs --- Natura --- Premi Ramon Margalef d'Ecologia --- Simbiosi --- Matemàtica --- Model de Lotka-Volterra --- Biometria --- Resiliència (Ecologia) --- Biomathematics. --- Ecology --- Population genetics. --- Mathematical models. --- Genetics --- Heredity --- Biology --- Mathematics


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Eco-Stats: Data Analysis in Ecology
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ISBN: 9783030884437 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer

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Ecologia --- Estadística --- Processament de dades --- Processament de dades electròniques --- Processament automàtic de dades --- Processament electrònic de dades --- Processament integrat de dades --- Sistematització de dades (Ordinadors) --- Tractament de dades --- Tractament electrònic de dades --- Tractament integrat de dades --- Automatització --- Informàtica --- Complexitat computacional --- Curació de dades --- Depuració (Informàtica) --- Estructures de dades (Informàtica) --- Gestió de bases de dades --- Informàtica mòbil --- Informàtica recreativa --- Intel·ligència artificial --- Sistemes en línia --- Temps real (Informàtica) --- Tractament del llenguatge natural (Informàtica) --- Processament òptic de dades --- Protecció de dades --- Transmissió de dades --- Tolerància als errors (Informàtica) --- Anàlisi estadística --- Control estadístic --- Informació estadística --- Economia --- Matemàtica --- Allisament (Estadística) --- Anàlisi de regressió --- Anàlisi de variància --- Biometria --- Censos --- Correlació (Estadística) --- Presa de decisions (Estadística) --- Estadística comercial --- Estadística demogràfica --- Estadística econòmica --- Estadística educativa --- Estadística financera --- Estadística industrial --- Estadística matemàtica --- Estadística mèdica --- Mitjana (Estadística) --- Models lineals (Estadística) --- Models no lineals (Estadística) --- Serveis estadístics --- Sondejos d'opinió --- Econometria --- Investigació quantitativa --- Bionomia --- Ciència ecològica --- Equilibri en la natura --- Processos ecològics --- Biologia --- Ciències ambientals --- Bioclimatologia --- Cadenes alimentàries (Ecologia) --- Cicles biogeoquímics --- Biocenosis --- Ecologia agrícola --- Ecologia animal --- Ecologia aquàtica --- Ecologia de les illes --- Ecologia de les costes --- Ecologia de les muntanyes --- Ecologia de les praderies --- Ecologia de les regions àrides --- Ecologia de les zones humides --- Ecologia del foc --- Ecologia del paisatge --- Ecologia dels sòls --- Ecologia espacial --- Ecologia microbiana --- Ecologia química --- Ecologia teòrica --- Ecologia urbana --- Ecologia vegetal --- Ecosistemes --- Hàbitat (Ecologia) --- Indicadors biològics --- Medi ambient --- Microclimatologia --- Nutrients (Medi ambient) --- Paleoecologia --- Predació (Biologia) --- Relacions animal-planta --- Resiliència (Ecologia) --- Restauració ecològica --- Successió ecològica --- Biodiversitat --- Biologia de poblacions --- Biosfera --- Ecòlegs --- Natura --- Premi Ramon Margalef d'Ecologia --- Simbiosi --- Ecology --- Statistical methods.

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