Körner, Christian; Urbach, Davnah; Paulsen, Jens (2021). Mountain definitions and their consequences. Alpine Botany, 131(2), pp. 213-217. Springer 10.1007/s00035-021-00265-8
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Mountains are rugged structures in the landscape that are difficult to delineate. Given that they host an overproportional fraction of biodiversity of high ecological and conservational value, conventions on what is mountainous and what not are in need. This short communication aims at explaining the differences among various popular mountain definitions. Defining mountainous terrain is key for global assessments of plant species richness in mountains and their likely responses to climatic change, as well as for assessing the human population density in and around mountainous terrain.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Plant Ecology 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Urbach, Davnah Ruth |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
1664-2201 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
14 Sep 2021 15:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s00035-021-00265-8 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
biodiversity; biogeography; elevation; geographical information systems; alpine ecology |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/158972 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/158972 |
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