Mountain gloom and mountain glory revisited: A survey of conservation, connectivity, and climate change in mountain regions

摘要: Mountain regions have played a significant role in the history of biodiversity conservation, and promise to play an even larger part future efforts respond climate change. After historical overview scientific research into mountain ecosystems, conservation is examined light ever-expanding agenda on landscape connectivity corridor ecology . An array potential beneficial deleterious effects ‘wildlife corridors’ then discussed, along with description conceptual underpinnings wildlife corridors field island biogeography, metapopulation dynamics, ecology. The change ecosystems are reviewed, focusing premise that protection restoration consti- tute most comparatively effective prospect for protecting long term. We conclude three distinct communities—the commu- nity, community, community—will provide mutual support answering four critical questions: (1) What do we need know about how it interacts human communities mountains? (2) In what ways can establishment ‘on-the-ground’ sufficient connec- tivity between ‘natural’ communities, species, populations regions? (3) To degree will anthropogenic require us modify our response first two questions? (4) How best build resilience ecosystems?