Research Catalog

Title

Mountain environments in changing climates / edited by Martin Beniston.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

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Additional Authors

Beniston, Martin.

Description

xxxi, 461 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Mountain climate
• Weather > Effect of mountains on
• Climatic changes
• Climate

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / Alan Apling -- Introduction / M. Beniston -- 1. Past and Potential Future Changes in Mountain Environments: A Review / R. G. Barry -- 2. The Alps Under Local, Regional and Global Pressure / H. Grassl -- 3. Using Multiple High-Resolution Proxy Climate Records to Reconstruct Natural Climate Variability: An Example from the Canadian Rockies / B. H. Luckman -- 4. Climate in Europe During the Late Maunder Minimum Period (1675-1715) / C. Pfister -- 5. Accelerated Glacier and Permafrost Changes in the Alps / W. Haeberli -- 6. Monitoring Snow Cover Variations in the Alps Using the Alpine Snow Cover Analysis System (ASCAS) / M. F. Baumgartner and G. Apfl -- 7. Effects of Mesoscale Vegetation Distributions in Mountainous Terrain on Local Climate / R. A. Pielke, T. J. Lee, T. G. F. Kittel, T. N. Chase, J. M. Cram and J. S. Baron -- 8. Climate Scenarios for Mountain Regions: An Overview of Possible Approaches / M. Beniston -- 9. Impact of Atmospheric Changes on High Mountain Vegetation / C. Korner.
• 10. Long-Term Vegetation Change in Mountain Environments: Palaeoecological Insights Into Modern Vegetation Dynamics / L. J. Graumlich -- 11. Latitudinal Variation in the Potential Response of Mountain Ecosystems to Climatic Change / P. N. Halpin -- 12. Comparing the Behaviour of Mountainous Forest Succession Models in a Changing Climate / H. Bugmann and A. Fischlin -- 13. Ecological Aspects of Climatically-Caused Timberline Fluctuations: Review and Outlook / F.-K. Holtmeier -- 14. Recent Changes in the Growth and Establishment of Subalpine Conifers in Western North America / D. L. Peterson -- 15. Dynamics and Functioning of Rhododendron Ferrugineum Subalpine Heathlands (Northern Alps, France): Mineral Nitrogen Availability in the Context of Global Climate Change / A. Pornon and B. Doche -- 16. A Dendrochemical Perspective on the Effects of Climate Change in the Ozark Highlands.

ISBN

0415102243

LCCN

93045308

OCLC

ocm29427978

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Columbia University Libraries