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Mountain Timberlines

Ecology, Patchiness, and Dynamics

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

    1. Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 14)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
    Pages 1-3

  3. History and Present State of Timberline Research

    • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
    Pages 5-9

  4. Definitions, Terminology

    • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
    Pages 11-28

  5. Physiognomic and Ecological Differentiation of Mountain Timberline

    • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
    Pages 29-256

  6. Timberline Fluctuations

    • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
    Pages 257-285

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 287-369
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About this book

For about 40 years 1 have been engaged in timberline research. Thus, one could suppose that writing this book should not have been too difficult. It was harder, however, than expected, and in the end 1 feIt that more questions had arisen than could be answered within its pages. Perhaps it would have been easier to write the book twenty years aga and then leave the subject to mature. But the late Prof. Heinz Ellenberg convinced me to portray a much needed and complete pieture of what we know of the timberline with special respect to its great physiognomie, structural and ecological variety. The first version of this book was published in the German language (Holt­ meier, 2000). An extensive summary and translated figure and photo cap­ tions and table headings were added to enable non-German speaking people to make use of the book as weIl. Nevertheless, 1 was very delighted when Prof. Martin Beniston encouraged me to prepare an English edition for the series "Advances in Global Change Research", which will guarantee a wider circulation.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Mountain timberlines are the most visible and at the same time the most heterogeneous ecological boundaries. … the English version was very much improved by a higher quality of the photographs, a clearer structure of the text … . The overall merit of Holtmeier’s book is the illustrative character by 114 impressive photos and 77 figures. The author classifies his book as a synthesis of his and his collaborators research activities including a huge amount of bibliography … . They have done a good job." (Otto Wildi, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 35 (4), 2005)

"This book gives a detailed overview of mountain timberline structure … . presents a multitude of scientific data an information. … wealth of information compiled from literature in both German and English. In addition, the diagrams, pictures, and sketches are clear, informative, and precise and aid the reader in a concise understanding of the significant information contained within this book. … I think this book will be a valuable addition to all students, scientists, and organizations involved in mountain timberline and global change research." (Laura Mujica-Crapanzano, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol. 36 (4), 2004)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mountain Timberlines

  • Book Subtitle: Ecology, Patchiness, and Dynamics

  • Authors: Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

  • Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1254-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-1254-1Published: 13 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1574-0919

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1621

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 384

  • Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Ecology, Forestry, Plant Ecology

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