Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bendix, Jörg (Editor), Beck, Erwin (Editor), Bräuning, Achim (Editor), Makeschin, Franz (Editor), Mosandl, Reinhard (Editor), Scheu, Stefan (Editor), Wilcke, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 221
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecosystems.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

An interdisciplinary research unit consisting of 30 teams in the natural, economic and social sciences analyzed biodiversity and ecosystem services of a mountain rainforest ecosystem in the hotspot of the tropical Andes, with special reference to past, current and future environmental changes. The g...