From the contents: Introduction. T. Hofer; The International Year of Mountains, Challenge and opportunity for mountain research -- Part I: Paleoenvironmental Changes -- Part II: Cryospheric Changes -- Part III: Hydrological Changes -- Part IV: Ecological Changes -- Part V: Human Dimensions -- Synthesis -- A. Björnsen, U.M. Huber, M. Reasoner, B. Messerli, H. Bugmann; Future research direction
Summary
Mountain regions occupy about a quarter of the global terrestrial land surface and provide goods and services to more than half the humanity. This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts in mountain regions
