Nearly forty percent of mankind depend in one way or another on mountain ecosystems. Local ecosystem services are slope stability, water yield, agricultural products or recreational value. Continental scale influences include drinking water supply, ground water recharging, irrigation water, hydroelectric power, flood control, traffic routes etc. In this paper I review evidence of alpine ecosystem responses to global change. It is emphasized that soil conservation is the centerpiece of any consideration of sustainable land use in alpine terrain. Complete vegetation cover of high biological diversity is essential to protect soils and secure `ecosystem services' in upland systems. It is illustrated that this is not necessarily in conflict with...
Les conséquences des récents changements environnementaux sont déjà observables sur les écosystèmes ...
Land-use transitions (LUT) refer to the structural change of one land-use system to another. A chang...
[ES] El abandono de prácticas tradicionales y el cambio climático se perfilan como los principales m...
One eighth of the terrestrial surface are mountains, if surface ruggedness is taken as a criterion. ...
Mountain regions provide essential ecosystem goods and services (EGS) for both mountain dwellers and...
The effects of global warming are stronger in high-elevation environments than elsewhere. Here, we r...
Global warming has been strongly accelerating in the last decades. Climate models tell us that this ...
The combined effects of climatic and land use changes severely affect all ecosystems. However, incre...
The research described in this presentation is part of the Global Observation Research Initiative in...
Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term studies may b...
Humid tropical alpine environments are crucial ecosystems that sustain biodiversity, biological proc...
The Alps, and in general the high mountain areas, in recent decades are under going profound changes...
Mountain regions provide essential ecosystem goods and services (EGS). Global change however endange...
Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ive...
Alpine ecosystems (alpine tundra) occur at a range of air density, water availability and seasonalit...
Les conséquences des récents changements environnementaux sont déjà observables sur les écosystèmes ...
Land-use transitions (LUT) refer to the structural change of one land-use system to another. A chang...
[ES] El abandono de prácticas tradicionales y el cambio climático se perfilan como los principales m...
One eighth of the terrestrial surface are mountains, if surface ruggedness is taken as a criterion. ...
Mountain regions provide essential ecosystem goods and services (EGS) for both mountain dwellers and...
The effects of global warming are stronger in high-elevation environments than elsewhere. Here, we r...
Global warming has been strongly accelerating in the last decades. Climate models tell us that this ...
The combined effects of climatic and land use changes severely affect all ecosystems. However, incre...
The research described in this presentation is part of the Global Observation Research Initiative in...
Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term studies may b...
Humid tropical alpine environments are crucial ecosystems that sustain biodiversity, biological proc...
The Alps, and in general the high mountain areas, in recent decades are under going profound changes...
Mountain regions provide essential ecosystem goods and services (EGS). Global change however endange...
Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ive...
Alpine ecosystems (alpine tundra) occur at a range of air density, water availability and seasonalit...
Les conséquences des récents changements environnementaux sont déjà observables sur les écosystèmes ...
Land-use transitions (LUT) refer to the structural change of one land-use system to another. A chang...
[ES] El abandono de prácticas tradicionales y el cambio climático se perfilan como los principales m...