Arctic And Alpine Environments
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Author | : Jack D. Ives |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1066 |
Release | : 2019-10-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 100069822X |
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Originally published in 1974, Arctic and Alpine Environments examines, the relatively simple ecosystems of arctic and alpine lands that still occupy extensive areas little disturbed by modern technology. The book argues that there is a necessity for carefully controlled development of the resources of these regions and suggests that there is a risk of irreversible disturbance without full understanding of these regions. This book provides a detailed documentation of cold-stressed arctic and alpine terrestrial environments and systematically deals with the present and past physical environment – climate, hydrology and glaciology; biota – treeline, vegetation, vertebrate zoology, and historical biogeography; abiotic processes – geomorphological and pedological and the role of man – bioclimatology, archaeology and technological impact, including radioecology. The book will appeal to academics and students of environmental and biological science, as well as providing a significant source for conservationists’, government agencies and industrial organizations.
Author | : International Association for Quaternary Research |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Union internationale pour l'étude du quaternaire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : Joyce A. Quinn |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-09-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0313087741 |
Download Arctic and Alpine Biomes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the biomes at high altitudes and near the poles, including the arctic tundra biomes, the Mid-Latitude Alpine Tundra Biome (found in the mountain ranges of North America, Asia, and South America), and the tropical alpine tundra biome (for example, Hawaii).
Author | : Jon Børre Ørbaek |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2007-01-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540485147 |
Download Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The European Arctic and Alpine regions are experiencing large environmental changes. These changes may have socio-economic effects if the changes affect the bioproduction, which form the basis for the marine and terrestrial food chains. This uniquely multidisciplinary book presents the various aspects of contemporary environmental changes in Arctic and Alpine Regions.
Author | : International Association for Quaternary Research |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1968 |
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Download Arctic and Alpine Environments. Proceedings Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : International Association for Quaternary Research. Conference |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Alpine regions |
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Download The 28th International Arctic Workshop Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Laura Zucconi |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2021-11-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 288971618X |
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Author | : F.Stuart III Chapin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-02-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783642789687 |
Download Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes and Ecosystem Consequences Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
As human populations expand and have increasing access to technol ogy, two general environmental concerns have arisen. First, human pop ulations are having increasing impact on the earth system, such that we are altering the biospheric carbon pools, basic processes of elemental cycling and the climate system of the earth. Because of time lags and feedbacks, these processes are not easily reversed. These alterations are occurring now more rapidly than at any time in the last several million years. Secondly, human activities are causing changes in the earth's biota that lead to species extinctions at a rate and magnitude rivaling those of past geologic extinction events. Although environmental change is potentially reversible at some time scales, the loss of species is irrevo cable. Changes in diversity at other scales are also cause for concern. Habitat fragmentation and declines in population sizes alter genetic di versity. Loss or introduction of new functional groups, such as nitro gen fixers or rodents onto islands can strongly alter ecosystem processes. Changes in landscape diversity through habitat modification and frag mentation alter the nature of processes within and among vegetation patches. Although both ecological changes altering the earth system and the loss of biotic diversity have been major sources of concern in recent years, these concerns have been largely independent, with little concern for the environmental causes the ecosystem consequences of changes in biodiversity. These two processes are clearly interrelated. Changes in ecological systems cause changes in diversity.