ABSTRACT
Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|122 pages
Climate Change in Mountain Regions
chapter 3|14 pages
Using Multiple High-Resolution Proxy Climate Records to Reconstruct Natural Climate Variability
part II|119 pages
Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation
chapter 10|11 pages
Long-Term Vegetation Change in Mountain Environments
chapter 13|11 pages
Ecological Aspects of Climatically-Caused Timberline Fluctuations
chapter 15|12 pages
Dynamics and Functioning of Rhododendron Ferrugineum Subalpine Heathlands (Northern Alps, France)
chapter 17|10 pages
Phenology as a Tool in Topoclimatology
part III|102 pages
Socio-Economic Aspects of Climate Change in Mountain Regions
chapter 19|13 pages
Climate Risk Concern in an Alpine Community
chapter 21|10 pages
Climate Change and Winter Tourism
part IV|17 pages
Conclusion