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Mountain Timberlines
Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier
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Description for Mountain Timberlines
Paperback. Published as part of a broad research on climate change and its environmental impact, this comprehensive text analyzes in detail the various mountain timberlines across the globe before considering their responses to climatically driven changes. Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RGB; RNPG; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
For more than 40 years I 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 I felt that more questions had arisen than could be answered within its pages. Perhaps it would have been easier to write the book 30 years ago and then leave the subject to mature. Lastly it was the late Prof. Heinz Ellenberg who had convinced me to portray a much needed and complete picture of what we know of the timberline with special respect ... Read more
For more than 40 years I 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 I felt that more questions had arisen than could be answered within its pages. Perhaps it would have been easier to write the book 30 years ago and then leave the subject to mature. Lastly it was the late Prof. Heinz Ellenberg who had convinced me to portray a much needed and complete picture of what we know of the timberline with special respect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Global Change Research
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048181896
SKU
V9789048181896
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99-15
Reviews for Mountain Timberlines
From the reviews of the second edition: “This book is the result of a lifetime’s dedication to research on mountain and polar timberlines worldwide by the leading exponent. … The many sketches of tree forms are a jewel of the author as artist. … this work is a treasure and will remain the basic reference for decades. … Summing ... Read more