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Mountain Timberlines: Ecology, Patchiness, and Dynamics: Advances in Global Change Research, cartea 36

Autor Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 oct 2010
For more than 40 years I have been engaged in timberline research. Thus, one could suppose that writing this book should not have been too difficult. It was harder, however, than expected, and in the end I felt that more questions had arisen than could be answered within its pages. Perhaps it would have been easier to write the book 30 years ago and then leave the subject to mature. Lastly it was the late Prof. Heinz Ellenberg who had convinced me to portray a much needed and complete picture of what we know of the timberline with special respect to its great physiognomic, structural and ecological variety. The first version of this book was p- lished in the German language (Holtmeier, 2000). Nevertheless, I was very delighted when Prof. Martin Beniston encouraged me to prepare an English edition for the series ‘Advances in Global Change Research’, which guaranteed a wider circulation. Timberline is a worldwide and very heterogeneous phenomenon, which can only be presented by way of examples. My own field experience is necessarily limited to certain timberline areas, such as the Alps, northern Scandinavia, northern Finland and many high mountain ranges in the western United States and Canada. However, my own observations and the results of my and my previous collaborators research were essential for developing the concept of the book and became integrated into the picture of timberline that is presented in the following chapters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789048181896
ISBN-10: 9048181895
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: X, 438 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Seria Advances in Global Change Research

Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands

Public țintă

Research

Cuprins

History and Present State of Timberline Research.- Definitions, Terminology.- Physiognomic and Ecological Differentiation of Mountain Timberline.- Timberline Fluctuations.- Timberline Prospects and Research Needs.

Recenzii

From the reviews of the second edition:“This book is the result of a lifetime’s dedication to research on mountain and polar timberlines worldwide by the leading exponent. … The many sketches of tree forms are a jewel of the author as artist. … this work is a treasure and will remain the basic reference for decades. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.” (J. D. Ives, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage:“... Im Hinblick auf den Klimawandel sind die anschließenden Kapitel zu Waldgrenzschwankungen und zum Forschungsbedarf von besonderem Interesse. ... Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes erschöpfend ist das ... umfassende Literaturverzeichnis. lm Stichwortverzeichnis kann nach Arten, Orten und Sachbegriffen gesucht werden. Das Buch ist, durchgehend in Schwarz-Weiß, mit eindrucksvollen Fotos und Grafiken reich bebildert. ... Dennoch möchte man als pflanzengegeographisch Interessierter das Buch kaum missen: Wo sonst kann man sich rasch einen Überblick über die Literatur zu den weltweiten Waldgrenzen verschaffen?“ (J.Ewald, in: Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft, October/2009, Vol. 79, S. ff.)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Mountain Timberlines is published as part of the broad area of research on the changing global climate and its impact on the environment. The upper timberline is the most conspicuous vegetation limit in high-mountain areas of all continents and islands, except for the Antarctic. The dynamics of timberline establishment and maintenance is being affected by global warming in a number of ways. From a global view point, the present timberline is far from being caused only by the current climate, but instead reflects also history of climate, human impact and local site conditions. It is the objective of the book to highlight the physiognomic and ecological variety of mountain timberlines as well as their regionally and locally varying heterogeneity and temporal dynamics thus giving a complex view of the global timberline pattern.
After an introduction into the complexities of the subject, the history and present state of timberline research are outlined. Chapters on the tree species at timberline and on the relationship of timberline elevation to marcroclimate, climate character and the mass-elevation effect follow. The main chapter deals with the physiognomic and ecological differentiation of altitudinal timberlines, in particular with the timberline controlling physical and biological factors, their interactions and their influence on the spatial structures and temporal dynamics in the timberline ecotone. Also, the feedbacks of trees and tree stands on the timberline environment are considered. This is the base for understanding the response of timberlines to climatically driven changes, which are considered in the last chapters.

Caracteristici

Gives a complex view of the altitudinal timberlines showing the many interactions of physical (climate, soil, topography) and biological factors (animals, fungi, etc.) shaping the timberline in relation to the varying local and regional conditions Provides a broad base to better understand and differentiate timberline response to the changing climate There is no other timberline book providing such an ample reference list (1.500 titles) There is no other timberline book with a comparable instructive illustration, in particular photos taken exclusively for documentation of timberline, mainly by the author