The Biology of Alpine Habitats (Biology of Habitats Series)

This book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that occur above the natureal (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them over both ecological and evolutionar timescales. The broad geographic coverage helps synthesize common features whilst revealing differences in the world's major alpine systems from the Arctic to the Tropics. The words "barren" and "wasteland" have often been applied to describe landscapes beyond the tree line. However, a closer look reveals a large diversity of habitats, assemblages and individual taxa in the alpine zone, largely connected to topographic diversity within individual alpine regions.The book considers habitat-forming factors (landforms, energy and climate, hydrology, soils, and vegetation) individually, as well as their composite impacts on habitat characteristics. Evolution and population processes are examined in the context of the responsiveness/resilience of alpine habitats to global change. Finally, a critical assessment of the potential impacts of climate change, atmospheric pollutants and land use is made and related to the management and conservation options available for these unique habitats. Interest in mountains continues to grow as their resource importance is increasingly recognized. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in ecology and evironmental sciences as well as the many professional ecologists and conservation biologists requiring a concise, authoritative overview of the topic. Each of the books in the Oxford Biology of Habitats Series introduces a different habitat, and gives an integrated overview of the design, physiology, ecology, and behaviour of the organisms found there. The practical aspects of working within each habitat, the sorts of studies that are possible, and habitat biodiversity and conservation status are all explored.

Science & Math

Grabherr, Georg

Nagy, László

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

Drowning in flowers - with perceptive pictures and quirky texts this award-winning book wants to plant in its readers a longing for beauty, harmony, for the joy of recognition through knowledge. Georg Grabherr, one of the most influential conservation biologists, has created a domestic garden and incorporated key biosphere reserve concepts. Over time, his garden has developed into an ecological gem where the idea of "nature in the garden" has been realized in exemplary manner. He guides us through the phenological seasons that divide the year by the arrival of key species, covers themes dear to the gardener's heart and engages in a dialogue with nature, thoughtfully accepting and using what is wild and spontaneous. He is asking whether the thousands of private gardens can become a Noah's Ark, suitable for rescuing threatened species. Award-winning photographer Lois Lammerhuber has captured this amazing space throughout a whole gardening year and introduces us to an unusual but convincing garden aesthetic. Text in English and German.

A 21st Century Garden

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Lammerhuber, Lois

Grabherr, Traudl

Gardening & Landscape Design

Edition Lammerhuber

-This is the first book to provide answers on how to turn a domestic garden into a kind of Noah's Ark to rescue endangered species -One of the most influential conservation biologists creates his private garden as an ecological gem where the idea of 'nature in the garden' has been realized in exemplary manner - bold and of extraordinary beauty, captured in fascinating pictures by an outstanding photographer -The first printing of this book was the winner of the prestigious German Garden Book Prize, the winner of the Golden Pixel Award in Austria and achieved the 3rd place in Book-Nature at the IPA-International Photography Awards in Los Angeles -The author Georg Grabherr was voted 'Austrian Scientist of the Year' by the club of Austrian journalists specializing in education and science Drowning in flowers - with perceptive pictures and quirky texts this award-winning book wants to plant in its readers a longing for beauty, harmony, for the joy of recognition through knowledge. Georg Grabherr, one of the most influential conservation biologists, has created a domestic garden and incorporated key biosphere reserve concepts. Over time, his garden has developed into an ecological gem where the idea of "nature in the garden" has been realized in exemplary manner. He guides us through the phenological seasons that divide the year by the arrival of key species, covers themes dear to the gardener's heart and engages in a dialogue with nature, thoughtfully accepting and using what is wild and spontaneous. He is asking whether the thousands of private gardens can become a Noah's Ark, suitable for rescuing threatened species. Award-winning photographer Lois Lammerhuber has captured this amazing space throughout a whole gardening year and introduces us to an unusual but convincing garden aesthetic. Text in English and German.

A 21st Century Garden (English and German Edition)

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