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Ecology of High Altitude Waters
Author | : Dean Jacobsen,Olivier Dangles |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780198736868 |
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Truly high altitude aquatic ecosystems are found primarily at lower latitudes: vast regions in the tropical part of the Andes, the Himalayas and Tibet, considerable areas in East Africa, and minor zones of Oceania. However, despite their abundance in these regions, their biology and ecology has never been summarized in detail. A current synthesis of the topic is therefore timely. High altitude waters are ideal systems with which to address a broad range of key and topical themes in ecology, both at the regional and global scales. From specific functional adaptations of aquatic species to harsh environmental conditions through to global diversity patterns along altitudinal gradients and extinction risks of mountain populations due to vanishing glaciers, ecological patterns and processes found in high altitude waters are both diverse and singular. Although poorly considered in classical textbooks of ecology and limnology, high altitude waters have much to offer existing (aquatic) ecological theories and applications. These often threatened and exploited habitats are also ideal for studying the intimate interactions between social and ecological systems that characterize the majority of ecosystems in the Anthropocene.
Ecology of High Altitude Waters
Author | : Dean Jacobsen,Olivier Dangles |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-08-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780191056666 |
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Truly high altitude aquatic ecosystems are found primarily at lower latitudes: vast regions in the tropical part of the Andes, the Himalayas and Tibet, considerable areas in East Africa, and minor zones of Oceania. However, despite their abundance in these regions, their biology and ecology has never been summarized in detail. A current synthesis of the topic is therefore timely. High altitude waters are ideal systems with which to address a broad range of key and topical themes in ecology, both at the regional and global scales. From specific functional adaptations of aquatic species to harsh environmental conditions through to global diversity patterns along altitudinal gradients and extinction risks of mountain populations due to vanishing glaciers, ecological patterns and processes found in high altitude waters are both diverse and singular. Although poorly considered in classical textbooks of ecology and limnology, high altitude waters have much to offer existing (aquatic) ecological theories and applications. These often threatened and exploited habitats are also ideal for studying the intimate interactions between social and ecological systems that characterize the majority of ecosystems in the Anthropocene.
Tropical Stream Ecology
Author | : David Dudgeon |
Publsiher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011-05-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080557171 |
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Tropical Stream Ecology describes the main features of tropical streams and their ecology. It covers the major physico-chemical features, important processes such as primary production and organic-matter transformation, as well as the main groups of consumers: invertebrates, fishes and other vertebrates. Information on concepts and paradigms developed in north-temperate latitudes and how they do not match the reality of ecosystems further south is expertly addressed. The pressing matter of conservation of tropical streams and their biodiversity is included in almost every chapter, with a final chapter providing a synthesis on conservation issues. For the first time, Tropical Stream Ecology places an important emphasis on viewing research carried out in contributions from international literature. First synthetic account of the ecology of all types of tropical streams Covers all of the major tropical regions Detailed consideration of possible fundamental differences between tropical and temperate stream ecosystems Threats faced by tropical stream ecosystems and possible conservation actions Descriptions and synstheses life-histories and breeding patterns of major aquatic consumers (fishes, invertebrates)
Ecology of the Mountain Waters
Author | : Shanker D. Bhatt,Ravindra K. Pande |
Publsiher | : APH Publishing |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 8170243661 |
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High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World
Author | : Jordi Catalan,Josep M Ninot,M. Mercè Aniz |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2017-08-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9783319559827 |
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This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.
Alpine Plant Life
Author | : Christian Körner |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2011-06-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783642189708 |
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Generations of plant scientists have been fascinated by alpine plant life - with the exposure of organisms to dramatic climatic gradients over a very short distance. This comprehensive text treats a wide range of topics: alpine climate and soils, plant distribution and the treeline phenomenon, physiological ecology of water-, nutritional- and carbon relations of alpine plants, plant stress and plant development, biomass production, and aspects of human impacts on alpine vegetation. Geographically the book covers all parts of the world including the tropics.This second edition of Alpine Plant Life gives new references, new diagrams, and extensively revised chapters.
Ecology of Streams and Rivers
Author | : Eugene Angelier |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781482280005 |
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Aiming to describe the role of dominant ecological factors and of human activities on the organisms of running water and the functioning of the ecosystem, this work covers the few European water courses that are well known in ecological studies.
High Altitude Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Author | : Zoological Survey of India |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Entomology |
ISBN | : MINN:31951000461315J |
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