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Springer, 2003 — 478 pp. — (Ecological Studies, Vol. 167) — ISBN 978-3-642-62387-5, 978-3-642-18967-8 The United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, spawned a multitude of pro­ grammes aimed at assessing, managing and conserving the earth's biological diversity. One important issue addressed at the conference was the mountain environment. A specific feature of high mountains is the so-called alpine zone, i. e. the treeless regions at the uppermost reaches. Though covering only a very small proportion of the land surface, the alpine zone contains a rela­ tively large number of plants, animals, fungi and microbes which are specifi­ cally adapted to cold environments. This zone contributes fundamentally to the planet's biodiversity and provides many resources for mountain dwelling as well as lowland people. However, rapid and largely man-made changes are affecting mountain ecosystems, such as soil erosion, losses of habitat and genetic diversity, and climate change, all of which have to be addressed. As stated in the European Community Biodiversity Strategy, "the global scale of biodiversity reduction or losses and the interd

Who reads Alpine Biodiversity in Europe (Ecological Studies Book 167)?

Author

Nagy L., Grabherr G., Körner Ch., Thompson D.B.A. (Eds.)

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642623875

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Nature, Biology