Signatur:
PIK N 531-12-0065
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents: 1. Transforming the Rockies: Human Forces, Settlement Patterns, and Ecosystem Effects ; PART I. The Background of Environmental Change ; 2. Geomorphic and Biogeographic Setting of the Rocky Mountains ; 3. Paleoenvironmental History of the Rocky Mountain Region during the Past 20,000 Years ; 4. Climates of the Rocky Mountains: Historical and Future Patterns ; PART II. Human-Driven Changes to Rocky Mountain Landscapes ; 5. Natural Resource Extraction: Past, Present, and Future ; 6. Ecological Effects of Resource Development in Running Waters ; 7. The Cascading Effects of Fire Exclusion in Rocky Mountain Ecosystems ; 8. Rocky Road in-the Rockies: Challenges to Biodiversity ; PART III. Synthesis of Human Influences on Different Ecological Zones ; 9. Islands in the Sky: Alpine and Treeline Ecosystems of the Rockies ; 10. The Heart of the Rockies: Montane and Subalpine Ecosystems ; 11. Base Camps of the Rockies: The Intermountain Grasslands ; PART IV. Case Studies ; 12. Rumblings in Rio Arriba: Landscape Changes in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Northern New Mexico ; 13. Collaborative Development of a Conservation Planning System: A Case Study of Summit County, Colorado ; 14. Natural and Cultural Influences on Ecosystem Processes in the Flathead River Basin (Montana and British Columbia) ; 15. The Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rockies: Must We Follow the American Blueprint? ; CONCLUSION Rocky Mountain Futures: Forecasting a Future We Do Not Want
Materialart:
Monographie ausleihbar
Seiten:
XXVIII, 325, [8] S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
1559639547
Standort:
A 18 - Bitte bestellen
Zweigbibliothek:
PIK Bibliothek
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