Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems

This book covers studies on the systematics of plant taxa and will include general vegetational aspects and ecological characteristics of plant life at altitudes above 1000 m. from different parts of the world. This volume also addresses how upcoming climate change scenarios will impact high altitude plant life. It presents case studies from the most important mountainous areas like the Himalayas, Caucasus and South America covering the countries like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kirghizia, Georgia, Russia,Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Americas. The book will serve as an invaluable resource source undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers.

Describes the diversity of plants that exist over one thousand meters above sea-level Utilizes a variety of case studies, including examples from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Russia, Indonesia, and more Addresses how future climate change scenarios will impact high-altitude ecosystems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Prof. Munir Ozturk is a Consultant Fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has published more than 400 papers in national and international journals, more than 50 book chapters, and has edited more than 10 books with Springer and Cambridge Scholars. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a post-doctorate research fellow at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has edited and authored more than seven books, more than 20 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and 10 book chapters.

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This comprehensive work provides insight into problems related to ecosystem fragmentation, health and well-being of high-altitude ecosystems, ecosystem services for food and medicine, and the issue of invasive alien species. This research has been collected by the world's most respected experts in climate change and ecology from Turkey, Pakistan, South America, Malaysia, Nepal, Kirgizistan, Kazakistan, Georgia, Russia, Macedonia, Indonesia, and North America. These experts discuss ecosystem health and productivity, climate change, threats to high-altitude ecosystems, soils, and other limiting environmental factors at high altitudes. The data presented here covers some of the most important mountain ranges in the world, including the Himalayas, Andes, Altai, Tien-Shan, and Caucasus. Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems focuses on improving our understanding on the effects of climate change on biodiversity and provides insight to young researchers on these fragile ecosystems for their future evaluation.

Contenu
High Altitude Flora and Vegetation of Kazakhstan and Climate Change Impacts.- Status of Natural Resources in the Uplands of the Swat Valley, Pakistan.- The high mountain flora and vegetation of the Western and Central Taurus Mts. (Turkey) in the times of climate change.- Soil Carbon Reservoirs at High Altitude Ecosytems in the Andean Plateau.- Species Diversity and use patterns of the alpine flora with special reference to climate change in the Naran, Pakistan.- High Altitude Plants in Era of Climate Change, A Case of Nepal Himalayas.- Impact of climate change on mountain flora and vegetation in the Republic of Macedonia (central part of the Balkan Peninsula).- High Altitude Ecosystems in the Era of Climate Change - Lupinus species in Central Mexico in the Era of Climate Change: adaptation, migration or extinction?.- Mountainous Vegetation Of Central Black Sea Region.- Impacts of climate change on Georgia's mountain ecosystems.- Highland vegetation of Inner and Eastern Anatolia and the Effects of Global Warming.- Climate Change Impact On High Altitude Ecosystems And Their Impact On Human Communities Case Study: San Bernardino Mountains And Urban Communities Interface -Historical, Contemporary And Future.- Soil-Plant Interactions in the High Altitude Ecosystems: A Case Study from Kaz Da (Mount Ida)-Turkey.- Impact of Climatic Change on Flora of High Altitude of Pakistan.- Vegetation and Plant Diversity of high altitude mountains in Eastern Karadeniz Region of Turkey and Climate Change Interactions.- Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Indonesian Forestry Sector.- The Floristic Characteristics of High Mountains of Amanos: a case study from Mount Mgr, Turkey.- Interdependence of Biodiversity, Applied Ethnobotany and Conservation in Higher Ecosystems of Northern Pakistan under Fast Climatic changes.- Changes in TreeSpecies Distribution along Altitudinal Gradients Of montane Forests in Malaysia.- Vegetative Cover of the Russian Part of the Caucasus.- The Effects of Climate Change on Avian Diversity in High Altitude Wetland Habitats.- Flora and Growth at-Bashy Valleys, The Internal Tien-Shan of Kyrgyzstan, Due to Climatic Conditions and Altitude above Sea Level.- Ecological Conditions And Vegetation Of Subalpine Zone Of Kaz Mountain (Mount Ida - NW Turkey).