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Biomonitoring: General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales

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Editors:
  1. C. A. Burga

    1. Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  2. A. Kratochwil

    1. Department of Biology/Ecology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 35)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-3
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  2. General Aspects of Biomonitoring

    1. Biomonitoring — Tasks and Limits

      • Frank Klötzli
      Pages 5-16

    2. Statistical Design and Analysis in Long-Term Vegetation Monitoring

      • Otto Wildi
      Pages 17-39

    3. Administration Levels and Tasks of Nature Conservation Efficiency Control

      • Markus Labasch, Annette Otte
      Pages 41-60

  3. Examples of Applied Biomonitoring in Germany and Switzerland

    1. Monitoring Recent Vegetation Changes in Nutrient-Rich Beechwoods in Central Germany

      • Wilfried Hakes
      Pages 61-71

    2. Biomonitoring — Evaluation and Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations from Two German Moss Monitoring Surveys

      • Uwe Herpin, Ulrich Siewers, Kurt Kreimes, Bernd Markert
      Pages 73-95

    3. Do Phytophenological Series Contribute to Vegetation Monitoring?

      • Claudio Defila
      Pages 97-105

    4. Species Responses to Climatic Variation and Land-use Change in Grasslands of Southern Switzerland

      • Andreas Stampfli, Michaela Zeiter
      Pages 107-124

    5. Little Flowers in a Mild Winter

      • Jürg Röthlisberger
      Pages 125-142

    6. Vegetation Monitoring on a Small-Scale Restoration Site in the Alpine Belt: Pilatus Kulm, Switzerland

      • Engelbert Ruoss, Conradin A. Burga, Jakob Eschmann
      Pages 143-152

  4. Aspects of Global Change in the Alps and in the High Arctic Region

    1. Long-Term Monitoring of Mountain Peaks in The Alps

      • Georg Grabherr, Michael Gottfried, Harald Pauli
      Pages 153-177

    2. Monitoring of Eastern and Southern Swiss Alpine Timberline Ecotones

      • Conradin A. Burga, Roger Perret
      Pages 179-194

    3. Observed Changes in Vegetation in Relation to Climate Warming

      • Gabriele Carraro, Pippo Gianoni, Roberto Mossi, Frank Klötzli, Gian-Reto Walther
      Pages 195-205

    4. Laurophyllisation — A Sign of a Changing Climate?

      • Gian-Reto Walther
      Pages 207-223

    5. Changes of Plant Community Patterns, Phytomass and Carbon Balance in a High Arctic Tundra Ecosystem Under a Climate of Increasing Cloudiness

      • Ingo Möller, Christoph Wüthrich, Dietbert Thannheiser
      Pages 225-242

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 243-244
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    C. A. Burga

  • Department of Biology/Ecology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    A. Kratochwil

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biomonitoring: General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales

  • Editors: C. A. Burga, A. Kratochwil

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9686-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6734-5Published: 31 January 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5621-4Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9686-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 240

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Atmospheric Sciences, Plant Physiology, Forestry, Nature Conservation

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