Impact of climate change on mountain environment dynamics
Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ives, 1997). Steep topographic, climatic and biological gradients combined with sharp seasonal contrasts favour the triggering of extreme climatic and geomorphic events, which may in turn strongly affec...
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Journal of Alpine research|Revue de géographie alpine
2015
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ives, 1997). Steep topographic, climatic and biological gradients combined with sharp seasonal contrasts favour the triggering of extreme climatic and geomorphic events, which may in turn strongly affect ecological and human environments (Ives and Messerli, 1989; Price, 1999; Beniston, 2002; Viviroli et al., 2007; Hüggel et al., 2010; Körner, 2013). Mountain populations are quite diverse in their... |
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