Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain

Electronic databases can open new pathways for testing evolutionary and ecological theory across the world's mountain ranges. This book examines global trends in mountain biodiversity using electronic biodiversity databases. Expert contributors address two different aspects of global mountain biodiversity assessment: how to link biodiversity data with geophysical data and how to use biodiversity data to substantiate evolutionary theory and phylogeny. The text provides examples of successful mining of geo-referenced data, methodological approaches, and comparisons of mountain regions on a continental scale. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility also offers their perspective.

Preface	p. vii
Editors	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Exploring and Explaining Mountain Biodiversity: The Role and Power of Geophysical Information Systems	p. 1
Primary Biodiversity Data-The Foundation for Understanding Global Mountain Biodiversity	p. 11
Using Primary Biodiversity Data in Mountain Species Numbers Assessments	p. 17
The Global Need for, and Appreciation of, Higli-Quality Metadata in Biodiversity Database Work	p. 25
A Possible Correlation between the Altitudinal and Latitudinal Ranges of Species in the High Elevation Flora of the Andes	p. 29
Exploring Patterns of Plant Diversity in China's Mountains	p. 39
Elevational Pattern of Seed Plant Species Richness in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China: Area and Climate	p. 49
Elevational Gradients of Species Richness Derived from Local Field Surveys versus "Mining" of Archive Data	p. 57
Species Richness of Breeding Birds along the Altitudinal Gradient-An Analysis of Atlas Databases from Switzerland and Catalonia (NE Spain)	p. 65
Diverse Elevational Diversity Gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.	p. 75
Integrating Data across Biodiversity Levels: The Project IntraBioDiv	p. 89
A Plant Functional Traits Database for the Alps-Application to the Understanding of Functional Effects of Changed Grassland Management	p. 107
Using Species Occurrence Databases to Determine Niche Dynamics of Montane and Lowland Species since the Last Glacial Maximum	p. 125
A Georeferenced Biodiversity Databank for Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change in Southern Italy Mountains	p. 137
Using Georeferenced Databases to Assess the Effect of Climate Change on Alpine Plant Species and Diversity	p. 149
The "Mountain Laboratory" of Nature-A Largely Unexplored Mine of Information: Synthesis of the Book	p. 165
Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS	p. 171
Index	p. 179
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