Description
This book is concerned with section 6 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) program, "Impact of Human Activities on Temperate and Tropical Mountain and Tundra Ecosystems."
Table of Contents
Foreword -- Introduction and Commentary -- Applied High Altitude Geoecology -- Monitoring and Mapping Mountain Environments -- High Altitude Climates -- Ice and Snow at High Altitudes -- High Mountain Ecosystems -- High Altitude Physiology -- Effects of Change on High Mountain Human Adaptive Patterns
