{"product_id":"land-use-change-and-mountain-eva-m-spehn-9780849335235","title":"Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA's focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation, the treeline ecotone, and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description, the GMBA explains the causes of biological richness and how diversity changes over time. Because biodiversity changes often result from human land use, part of the GMBA agenda is the assessment of land use impacts. These assessments are critical in low-latitude regions, where land use pressure on upland biota is the greatest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters of \u003cb\u003eLand Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity \u003c\/b\u003ederive from a peer-review process that followed presentations offered at two GMBA workshops, one in Tanzania and the other in Bolivia. More than 50 researchers actively participated in these events, discussing information from all major mountain regions, with a particular focus on the Andes and on African mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eva M. Spehn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 084933523X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780849335235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.08h x 7.66w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 43","brand":"Eva M. Spehn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065212383487,"sku":"9780849335235","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b24927a-31e9-43ab-adfe-265f26f8ff11.jpg?v=1768673720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-use-change-and-mountain-eva-m-spehn-9780849335235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}