Climate Gradients and Biodiversity in Mountains of Italy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pedrotti, Franco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Geobotany Studies, Basics, Methods and Case Studies,
• Subjects: Biodiversity.; Nature conservation.; Plant ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Nature Conservation.; Plant Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.

This volume gathers case studies on plant diversity from selected, representative mountain systems of Italy (Mediterranean and temperate zones), while also addressing the biodiversity of avian fauna. For the Alps, Wilhalm and Prosser examine the species biodiversity (also with the help of highly det...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Floristic Biodiversity in Alto Adige
• 2. Floristic Biodiversity in Trentino
• 3. Vegetation series along climatic gradients in the Central Southern Alps (TRENTINO- ALTO ADIGE REGION)
• 4. Bryophytes and mesoclimatic gradients along a transect of the Adige Valley (Central Alps)
• 5. Are alien plants a danger for western Alps?
• 6. Timberline and alpine vegetation in the northern Apennines. Bioclimate scenery and vegetation  diversity
• 7. Diachronic analysis of beech forest in the Nebrodi Park (North - Sicily)
• 8. The Magnocaricetalia Pignatti 1953 (Phragmito-Magnocaricetea Klika in Klika et Novák 1941) Plant Communities of Italy
• 9. European grasslands gradient and the resilience to extreme climate events: the SIGNAL project in Italy
• 10. An altitudinal gradient for breeding birds in Marche Region (Central Italy).