Global Change and Protected Areas

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Global Change and Mountain Regions — an IGBP Initiative for Collaborative Research....Pages 3-9
Climate Variations in Italy in the Last 130 Years....Pages 11-17
Dendroclimatic Information on Silver Fir (Abies Alba Mill.) in the Northern Apennines....Pages 19-27
Trends in High Frequency Precipitation Variability in Some Northern Italy Secular Stations....Pages 29-36
Climate Change Experiments on a Glacier Foreland in the Central Alps....Pages 37-44
High Mountain Summits as Sensitive Indicators of Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Patterns: The “Multi Summit-Approach” of GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments)....Pages 45-51
Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Italy During the Last Century....Pages 53-60
Climate and other Sources of Change in the St. Elias Region....Pages 61-69
Permafrost and Climate in Europe. Climate Change, Mountain Permafrost Degradation and Geotechnical Hazard....Pages 71-82
Thermal Variations of Mountain Permafrost: an Example of Measurements Since 1987 in the Swiss Alps....Pages 83-95
Climate Change and Air Quality Assessment in Canadian National Parks....Pages 97-107
Regional Clean Air Partnerships and the ETEAM....Pages 109-117
Land-Atmosphere Interactions....Pages 119-126
Uncertainties in the Prediction of Regional Climate Change....Pages 127-139
Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for “In Situ” Measurements on Glaciers and Snowfields....Pages 141-146
Cs-137 Gamma Peak Detection in Snow Layers on Calderone Glacier....Pages 147-152
The Effects of Global Warming on Mountain Regions: a Summary of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....Pages 155-185
Global Change in Respect to Tendency to Acidification of Subarctic Mountain Lakes....Pages 187-194
Influence of Climate, Species Immigration, Fire, and Men on Forest Dynamics In Northern Italy, from 6000 Cal. BP To Today....Pages 195-208
Koenigia Islandica (Iceland Purslane) — A Case Study of a Potential Indicator of Climate Change in the UK....Pages 209-217
Semi-Objective Sampling Strategies as One Basis for a Vegetation Survey....Pages 219-228
Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Drought in Swiss Forest Stands....Pages 229-243
Forecasted Stability of Mediterranean Evergreen Species Considering Global Changes....Pages 245-252
Birds as Bio-Indicators of Long-Transported Lead in the Alpine Environment....Pages 253-259
Annual Estimations of Ecophysiological Parameters and Biogenic Volatile Compounds (BVOCs) Emissions in Citrus Sinensis (L.) Osbeck....Pages 261-270
A Multiscale Study to Analyse the Response of Vegetation to Climatic Conditions....Pages 271-279
Phytotoxic Ozone Effect on Selected Plant Species in a Standardized Experimental Design....Pages 281-288
Plant Invasions in Central European Middle-Mountains: A Result of Global Change ?....Pages 289-299
Can Testate Amoebae (Protozoa) and Other Micro-Organisms Help to Overcome Biogeographic Bias in Large Scale Global Change Research?....Pages 301-310
Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO 2 and Mineral Nitrogen Deposition on Litter Quality, Bioleaching and Decomposition in A Sphagnum Peat Bog....Pages 311-321
Analysis of the Environmental Impact Caused by Introduced Animals in the Clarion Island, Archipelago of Revillagigedo, Colima, Mexico....Pages 323-329
High Mountain Environment as Indicator of Global Change....Pages 331-345
Effects of Elevated CO 2 and Nitrogen Deposition on Natural Regeneration Processes of Cut-Over Ombrotrophic Peat Bogs in the Swiss Jura Mountains....Pages 347-356
Economic Evaluation of Italian Parks and Natural Areas....Pages 359-372
Environmental and Human Impacts on Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in India....Pages 373-392
Past Climate Change and the Generation and Persistence of Species Richness in a Biodiversity Hotspot, the Cape Flora of South Africa....Pages 393-402
The World Network of Biosphere Reserves: a Flexible Structure for Understanding and Responding to Global Change....Pages 403-411
The Role of a Global Protected Areas System in Conserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change....Pages 413-422
The Strong Reduction Phase of the Calderone Glacier During the Last Two Centuries: Reconstruction of the Variation and of the Possible Scenarios With GIS Technologies....Pages 425-433
Digital Geomorphologic Cartography of the Top Area of the Gran Sasso D’Italia Mountain Group (Central Apennine, Italy)....Pages 435-444
The Late Pleistocene and Holocene Temporary Lakes in the Abruzzo Parks and the Central Apennines....Pages 445-458
The Travertine Deposits of the Upper Pescara Valley (Central Abruzzi, Italy): A Clue for the Reconstruction of the Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironmental Evolution of the Area....Pages 459-464
The Protected Areas System for the Conservation and for an Eco-Compatible Development of the Territory: The Maiella National Park....Pages 465-473
Environmental Protection and Social Protection: The Sirente-Velino Regional Park....Pages 475-487
Protected Areas Management: an Example of Application in the Gran Sasso Park....Pages 489-493
The Main Invasive Alien Plants in the Protected Areas in Central Italy (Abruzzo)....Pages 495-504
The Historical and Iconographic Research in the Reconstruction of the Variation of the Calderone Glacier: State of the Art and Perspective....Pages 505-512
Numerical Experiments to Study the Possible Meteorological Changes Induced by the Presence of a Lake....Pages 513-521
Back Matter....Pages 523-523