Alpine Biodiversity in Europe

" ... this high-quality book is far more than just a first step, and should be in the library of every organization concerned in any way with alpine biodiverslity in Europe". (Mountain Research and Development - International Mountain Society)

• 1 An Outline of Europe’s Alpine Areas.- 2 A Bioclimatic Characterisation of Europe’s Alpine Areas.- 3 The Regional Accounts.- 4 Overview: Patterns in Diversity.- 5 Taxonomic Diversity of Vascular Plants in the European Alpine Areas.- 6 Patterns in the Plant Species Richness of European High Mountain Vegetation.- 7 Altitude Ranges and Spatial Patterns of Alpine Plants in Northern Europe.- 8 Vascular Plant and Bryophyte Diversity Along Elevational Gradients in the Alps.- 9 Assessing the Long-Term Dynamics of Endemic Plants at Summit Habitats.- 10 Mapping Alpine Vegetation.- 11 A GIS Assessment of Alpine Biodiversity at a Range of Scales.- 12 Overview: Invertebrate Diversity in Europe’s Alpine Regions.- 13 The Geographical Distribution of High Mountain Macrolepidoptera in Europe.- 14 High Altitude Invertebrate Diversity in the Ural Mountains.- 15 The Diversity of High Altitude Arachnids (Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones) in the Alps.- 16 Patterns of Butterfly Diversity Above the Timberline in the Italian Alps and Apennines.- 17 Diversity Patterns of Carabids in the Alps and the Apennines.- 18 Overview: Alpine Vertebrates - Some Challenges for Research and Conservation Management.- 19 Breeding Bird Assemblages and Habitat Use of Alpine Areas in Scotland.- 20 Rodents in the European Alps: Population Ecology and Potential Impacts on Ecosystems.- 21 Large Herbivores in European Alpine Ecosystems: Current Status and Challenges for the Future.- 22 Diversity of Alpine Vertebrates in the Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada, Spain.- 23 The Impacts of Vertebrate Grazers on Vegetation in European High Mountains.- 24 Overview: Alpine Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Change — a Synthesis of Long-Term Studies and Observations.- 25 Long-Term Changes in Alpine Plant Communities inNorway and Finland.- 26 Vegetation Dynamics at the Treeline Ecotone in the Ural Highlands, Russia.- 27 Recent Increases in Summit Flora Caused by Warming in the Alps.- 28 The Piz Linard (3411 m), the Grisons, Switzerland — Europe’s Oldest Mountain Vegetation Study Site.- 29 Alpine Biodiversity in Space and Time: a Synthesis.