Alpine Environment: Geology, Ecology and Conservation : Geology, Ecology and Conservation

✍ Scribed by John G. Schmidt

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 226
Series: Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This new book presents topical research in the study of the Alpine environment with a focus on geology, ecology and conservation. Topics discussed include aquatic insects of remote Alpine lakes; the socio-economics of conservation in the Alps; the genetic diversity and population structure of Alpine plants endemic to the Tibetan plateau and climate change impacts on Alpine basins.

✦ Subjects

Geology. ; Mountain biodiversity conservation. ; Mountain ecology. ; Mountains.; SCI026000

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