Alpine Environment : Geology, Ecology and Conservation.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology .
- Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology .
Intro -- ALPINE ENVIRONMENT:GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION -- ALPINE ENVIRONMENT: GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: AQUATIC INSECTS OF REMOTE ALPINE LAKES: TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION, ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND SEASONAL DYNAMICS IN ALTITUDINAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT (TATRA MTS, SLOVAKIA) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: HERBACEOUS SPECIES TO CONTROL THE ALPINE SOIL EROSION: FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTAL TESTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOIL EROSION ON MOUNTAIN HILLSLOPES -- SITES DESCRIPTION -- VEGETATION VS SOIL EROSION -- APPARATUS AND METHODS -- MODELS DESCRIPTION -- LABORATORY TENSILE STRENGTH TESTS -- COMPARISON BETWEEN MODELS AND FIELD RESULTS -- ROOT - SOIL: COMPLEX SYSTEM -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL SOIL PARAMETERS AND HERBACEOUS SPECIES DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ESTIMATION OF THE GROWING SEASON LENGTH IN ALPINE AREAS: EFFECTS OF SNOW AND TEMPERATURES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STUDY AREAS, MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: SOCIOECONOMICS OF CONSERVATION IN THE ALPS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF CONSERVATION AND VISITOR MANAGEMENT IN A NATIONAL PARK -- 3. THE VALUE OF CONSERVATION IN THE ALPS: RESULTS ON WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY -- 4. THE EFFECTS OF CONSERVATION IN THE ALPS: RESULTS ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 5. COSTS OF CONSERVATION -- 6. DISCUSSION, SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. Chapter 5: THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT AND ANTHROPISATION OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES (SPAIN) DURING THE HOLOCENE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT -- 3. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE HOLOCENE RECORD -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX 1: REFERENCES FOR PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: TECTONIC CONTROL ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC PLATFORMS IN THE ALPINE-CARPATHIAN-DINARIC REGION (DIFFERENCES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TWO OPPOSITE SHELVES OF THE NEOTETHYS OCEAN) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PLATFORM EVOLUTION IN THE TRIASSIC -- CONSEQUENCES FOR PLATE TECTONICS -- CONCLUSION -- AREAS WHICH NEED TO BE EXPLORED -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ALPINE PLANTS ENDEMIC TO QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION UNDER GLOBAL WARMING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BRIEF HISTORY OF PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES IN QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU -- AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENETIC VARIATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.