Mountain Flora of Greece
Author: Arne Strid
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1986-04-03
Total Pages: 932
ISBN-13: 9780521257374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first of two volumes addressing the dearth of recent detailed Greek flora.
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Mountain flora of Greece. 1,2
Author: Arne Strid
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780521138406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mountains of Greece
Author: Nick Salmon
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Published: 2010-09-09
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781852844400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe guidebook describes walking Greece's month-long traverse of the PÌndos range, and provides routes around Athens and the east coast, and in the Peloponnese. Use the routes as day-walks or put them together as multi-day treks through the beautiful, undeveloped and remote mountains of Greece.
Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions
Author: P. Godde
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780851999159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses the importance of mountain regions, and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. It includes case studies of mountain tourism existing alongside environmental sustainability and community well being. The text presents an integrated approach to mountain-based tourism, balancing the needs of local communities, tourists and environmental conservation.
Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
Author: Georgi Zhelezov
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-23
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 3319201107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second edition of the book Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions: Southeastern Europe integrates the scientific results and expertise of the researchers from the countries in Southeastern Europe. The book consists of updated information for the topics observed in first edition and several new chapters with analysis of some problems in the mountain regions of four new for the edition countries in Southeastern European space. The general themes in the book are related to Global problems and mountain regions; Nature resources and landuse in mountain regions; Social, economic and regional problems of mountain regions; Nature protection, conservation and monitoring and Networks and strategies for mountain regions. The key topics for discussion are: Natural recourses and land use in mountain regions. Sustainable social and economic development of the mountain regions. Natural disasters and risk prevention. Spatial modeling and planning. Nature protection, monitoring and conservation. Politics and sustainable practices for development of mountain regions. Transborder and regional cooperation. Mountain regions in Southeastern Europe are characterized by unique landscape and biological diversity and great economic potential. They have function as a living space and provide different groups of ecosystem and landscape services. In social and economic aspects these regions are one of the poorest in Southeastern European countries with unused potential. Human, ecological and economic problems arising in various mountain regions have the same basic characteristics irrespective of the country. Some mountain regions are subject to specific for the conditions of the mountain and country policy for planning, development and mountain population promotion. The general goal is development of whole economy and the efficient management of natural resources and prevention of natural and tec hnological disasters. The mountain regions are one of the most threatened landscape systems in Southeastern Europe. Understanding the importance of the mountain regions and conservation of the natural heritage require scientific and institutional cooperation at all levels.
The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants
Author: James Cullen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-08-11
Total Pages: 661
ISBN-13: 0521761646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 5 completes the series, and includes many important ornamental families, such as Labiatae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Campanulaceae, and the largest family of Dicotyledons, the Compositae.
Mountain Flora of Greece 2 Part Set: Volume 1
Author: Arne Strid
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-01-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521127240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Greek mountain region is well known amongst botanists for its rich flora and high proportion of endemic species, but there has been no recent detailed Greek flora. This is the first of two volumes produced by a team of some twenty-five botanists from several European countries which aims to fill the gap. The species covered include at least 150 which have been recognised since the publication of Flora Europaea. Many changes of name or taxonomic rank are incorporated. For each species the following information is given: name and bibliographic reference; notes on nomenclature and typification; synonymy; description; ecology and flowering time; distribution (within the area and more generally); chromosome number; discussion of affinities and special features. Dichotomous keys to taxa at all levels are provided and 50 (mostly full-page) illustrations are included.
Vascular Plants of Greece
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Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9783921800881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnimal production and natural resources utilisation in the Mediterranean mountain areas
Author: A. Georgoudis
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-08-28
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9086865615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMediterranean inhabitants depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. Livestock production and forestry are key sources of income yet are carried out under harsh conditions such as limited land resources, marginal agricultural conditions, isolation, and scant equipment and infrastructure. Livestock is of particular importance in mountain production systems as they convert plant biomass into useful products for humans such as milk, meat and draught power. These products are key to the regions' sustainability. The main topics discussed in this book are: Human geography of Mediterranean mountain territories. Livestock production and natural resources. Improving the efficiency of livestock systems in Mediterranean mountain areas. Applications of new technologies for environmentally sound management of livestock and natural resources. The role livestock plays in rural development and in safeguarding natural resources.
Alpine Biodiversity in Europe
Author: Laszlo Nagy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 3642189679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, spawned a multitude of pro grammes aimed at assessing, managing and conserving the earth's biological diversity. One important issue addressed at the conference was the mountain environment. A specific feature of high mountains is the so-called alpine zone, i. e. the treeless regions at the uppermost reaches. Though covering only a very small proportion of the land surface, the alpine zone contains a rela tively large number of plants, animals, fungi and microbes which are specifi cally adapted to cold environments. This zone contributes fundamentally to the planet's biodiversity and provides many resources for mountain dwelling as well as lowland people. However, rapid and largely man-made changes are affecting mountain ecosystems, such as soil erosion, losses of habitat and genetic diversity, and climate change, all of which have to be addressed. As stated in the European Community Biodiversity Strategy, "the global scale of biodiversity reduction or losses and the interdependence of different species and ecosystems across national borders demands concerted international action". Managing biodiversity in a rational and sustainable way needs basic knowledge on its qualitative and quantitative aspects at local, regional and global scales. This is particularly true for mountains, which are distributed throughout the world and are indeed hot spots of biodiversity in absolute terms as well as relative to the surrounding lowlands.
