Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity

University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Switerland University of Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Switzerland

"Overall, the book provides a rich resource of valuable information and stimulation for those who are willing to dig into the detail of the individual chapters, As a whole, it demonstrates well how data mining techniques ran complement, but not necessarily replace, expensive experiments, thus furthering ecological and evolutionary theory."-- Spehn. Mountain Research and Development (MRD). August 2010, Vol 30, No. 3

• Exploring and Explaining Mountain Biodiversity: The Role and Power of Geophysical Information Systems. Primary Biodiversity Data—The Foundation for Understanding Global Mountain Biodiversity. Using Primary Biodiversity Data in Mountain Species Numbers Assessments. The Global Need for, and Appreciation of, High-Quality Metadata in Biodiversity Database Work. A Possible Correlation between the Altitudinal and Latitudinal Ranges of Species in the High Elevation Flora of the Andes. Exploring Patterns of Plant Diversity in China’s Mountains. Elevational Pattern of Seed Plant Species Richness in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China: Area and Climate. Elevational Gradients of Species Richness Derived from Local Field Surveys versus “Mining” of Archive Data. Species Richness of Breeding Birds along the Altitudinal Gradient—An Analysis of Atlas Databases from Switzerland and Catalonia (NE Spain). Diverse Elevational Diversity Gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Integrating Data across Biodiversity Levels: The Project IntraBioDiv. A Plant Functional Traits Database for the Alps—Application to the Understanding of Functional Effects of Changed Grassland Management. Using Species Occurrence Databases to Determine Niche Dynamics of Montane and Lowland Species since the Last Glacial Maximum. A Georeferenced Biodiversity Databank for Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change in Southern Italy Mountains. Using Georeferenced Databases to Assess the Effect of Climate Change on Alpine Plant Species and Diversity. The “Mountain Laboratory” of Nature— Largely Unexplored Mine of Information: Synthesis of the Book. Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS. Index.