Alpine Biodiversity in Europe

by Desmond B.A. Thompson, Georg Grabherr, Christian Körner, et al.

The United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, spawned a multitude of pro- grammes aimed at assessing, managing and conserving the earth's biological diversity. One important issue addressed at the conference was the mountain environment. A specific feature of high mountains is the so-called alpine zone, i. e. the treeless regions at the uppermost reaches. Though covering only a very small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642623875
• ISBN13: 9783642623875
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 479 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"