Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity | Eva M. Spehn, Maximo Liber

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Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity

ABSTRACT

Part of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA's focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation, the treeline ecotone, and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description, the GM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part I|2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|34 pages

High-Elevation Land Use, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Functioning

part II|2 pages

Effects of Fire on Mountain Biodiversity

chapter 2|14 pages

Diversity of Afroalpine Vegetation and Ecology of Treeline Species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and the Influence of Fire

chapter 3|12 pages

Is Afroalpine Plant Biodiversity Negatively Affected by High-Altitude Fires?

chapter 4|18 pages

The Impact of Fire on Diversity, Structure, and Composition of the Vegetation on Mt. Kilimanjaro

chapter 5|7 pages

Effects of Fire on the Diversity of Geometrid Moths on Mt. Kilimanjaro

chapter 6|12 pages

The Influence of Fire on Mountain Sclerophyllous Forests and Their Small-Mammal Communities in Madagascar

chapter 7|12 pages

Fire, Plant Species Richness, and Aerial Biomass Distribution in Mountain Grasslands of Northwest Argentina

part III|2 pages

Effects of Grazing on Mountain Biodiversity

chapter 8|29 pages

The Biodiversity of the Colombian Páramo and Its Relation to Anthropogenic Impact

chapter 9|18 pages

Grazing Impact on Vegetation Structure and Plant Species Richness in an Old-Field Succession of the Venezuelan Páramos

chapter 10|16 pages

Vegetation and Grazing Patterns in Andean Environments: A Comparison of Pastoral Systems in Punas and Páramos

chapter 11|14 pages

Grazing Intensity, Plant Diversity, and Rangeland Conditions in the Southeastern Andes of Peru (Palccoyo, Cusco)

chapter 12|20 pages

Importance of Carrying Capacity in Sustainable Management of Key High-Andean Puna Rangelands (Bofedales) in Ulla Ulla, Bolivia

chapter 13|12 pages

Functional Diversity of Wetland Vegetation in the High-Andean Páramo, Venezuela

chapter 14|12 pages

Millennia of Grazing History in Eastern Ladakh, India, Reflected in Rangeland Vegetation

chapter 15|14 pages

Alpine Grazing in the Snowy Mountains of Australia: Degradation and Stabilization of the Ecosystem

chapter 16|14 pages

Vegetation of the Pamir (Tajikistan): Land Use and Desertification Problems 1

chapter 17|10 pages

Effects of Grazing on Biodiversity, Productivity, and Soil Erosion of Alpine Pastures in Tajik Mountains

chapter 18|12 pages

Plant Species Diversity, Forest Structure, and Tree Regeneration in Subalpine Wood Pastures

part IV|2 pages

Effects of Grazing on Mountain Forests

chapter 19|12 pages

Patterns of Forest Recovery in Grazing Fields in the Subtropical Mountains of Northwest Argentina

chapter 20|8 pages

Climatic and Anthropogenic Influences on the Dynamics of Prosopis ferox Forests in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina

part V|2 pages

Land Use Effects on Mountain Biodiversity: Socioeconomic Aspects

chapter 21|8 pages

Conservation of Biodiversity in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountain Range

chapter 22|14 pages

Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Biodiversity: A Major Issue of Protected-Area Management in Nepal

chapter 23|12 pages

Agricultural Development and Biodiversity Conservation in the Páramo Environments of the Andes of Mérida, Venezuela

chapter 24|16 pages

Multidimensional (Climatic, Biodiversity, Socioeconomic), Changes in Land Use in the Vilcanota Watershed, Peru

part VI|2 pages

Synthesis

chapter 25|12 pages

Fire and Grazing — A Synthesis of Human Impacts on Highland Biodiversity

chapter 26|2 pages

The Moshi—La Paz Research Agenda on “Land Use Effects on Tropical and Subtropical Mountain Biodiversity”