Description: Global Change and Mountain Regions -- an IGBP Initiative for Collaborative Research.- Climate Variations in Italy in the Last 130 Years.- Dendroclimatic Information on Silver Fir (Abies Alba Mill.) in the Northern Apennines.- Trends in High Frequency Precipitation Variability in Some Northern Italy Secular Stations.- Climate Change Experiments on a Glacier Foreland in the Central Alps.- High Mountain Summits as Sensitive Indicators of Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Patterns: The "Multi Summit-Approach" of GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments).- Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Italy During the Last Century.- Climate and other Sources of Change in the St. Elias Region.- Permafrost and Climate in Europe. Climate Change, Mountain Permafrost Degradation and Geotechnical Hazard.- Thermal Variations of Mountain Permafrost: an Example of Measurements Since 1987 in the Swiss Alps.- Climate Change and Air Quality Assessment in Canadian National Parks.- Regional Clean Air Partnerships and the ETEAM.- Land-Atmosphere Interactions.- Uncertainties in the Prediction of Regional Climate Change.- Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for "In Situ" Measurements on Glaciers and Snowfields.- Cs-137 Gamma Peak Detection in Snow Layers on Calderone Glacier.- The Effects of Global Warming on Mountain Regions: a Summary of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.- Global Change in Respect to Tendency to Acidification of Subarctic Mountain Lakes.- Influence of Climate, Species Immigration, Fire, and Men on Forest Dynamics In Northern Italy, from 6000 Cal. BP To Today.- Koenigia Islandica (Iceland Purslane) -- A Case Study of a Potential Indicator of Climate Change in the UK.- Semi-Objective Sampling Strategies as One Basis for aVegetation Survey.- Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Drought in Swiss Forest Stands.- Forecasted Stability of Mediterranean Evergreen Species Considering Global Changes.- Birds as Bio-Indicators of Long-Transported Lead in the Alpine Environment.- Annual Estimations of Ecophysiological Parameters and Biogenic Volatile Compounds (BVOCs) Emissions in Citrus Sinensis (L.) Osbeck.- A Multiscale Study to Analyse the Response of Vegetation to Climatic Conditions.- Phytotoxic Ozone Effect on Selected Plant Species in a Standardized Experimental Design.- Plant Invasions in Central European Middle-Mountains: A Result of Global Change?.- Can Testate Amoebae (Protozoa) and Other Micro-Organisms Help to Overcome Biogeographic Bias in Large Scale Global Change Research?.- Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Mineral Nitrogen Deposition on Litter Quality, Bioleaching and Decomposition in A Sphagnum Peat Bog.- Analysis of the Environmental Impact Caused by Introduced Animals in the Clarion Island, Archipelago of Revillagigedo, Colima, Mexico.- High Mountain Environment as Indicator of Global Change.- Effects of Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen Deposition on Natural Regeneration Processes of Cut-Over Ombrotrophic Peat Bogs in the Swiss Jura Mountains.- Economic Evaluation of Italian Parks and Natural Areas.- Environmental and Human Impacts on Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in India.- Past Climate Change and the Generation and Persistence of Species Richness in a Biodiversity Hotspot, the Cape Flora of South Africa.- The World Network of Biosphere Reserves: a Flexible Structure for Understanding and Responding to Global Change.- The Role of a Global Protected Areas System in Conserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change.- The Strong Reduction Phase of the Calderone Glacier During the Last Two Centuries: Reconstruction of the Variation and of the Possible Scenarios With GIS Technologies.- Digital Geomorphologic Cartography of the Top Area of the Gran Sasso D''Italia Mountain Group (Central Apennine, Italy).- The Late Pleistocene and Holocene Temporary Lakes in the Abruzzo Parks and the Central Apennines.- The Travertine Deposits of the Upper Pescara Valley (Central Abruzzi, Italy): A Clue for the Reconstruction of the Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironmental Evolution of the Area.- The Protected Areas System for the Conservation and for an Eco-Compatible Development of the Territory: The Maiella National Park.- Environmental Protection and Social Protection: The Sirente-Velino Regional Park.- Protected Areas Management: an Example of Application in the Gran Sasso Park.- The Main Invasive Alien Plants in the Protected Areas in Central Italy (Abruzzo).- The Historical and Iconographic Research in the Reconstruction of the Variation of the Calderone Glacier: State of the Art and Perspective.- Numerical Experiments to Study the Possible Meteorological Changes Induced by the Presence of a Lake.

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