Natural Environment and Man in Tropical Mountain Ecosystems. Proc. of the Symposium of the Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur, Mainz - Kommission f. Erdwissenschaftliche Forschung - in Connection with the International Geographical Union-Commission on Mountain Geoecology, Feb. 24-26, 1983 at Mainz. 1984. (Erdwiss.Forsch., Bd. 18). 200 figs. 42 tabs. 2 col.maps. 354 p. Hardbound. - In Eng

Contents (partly): Work and History of the Commission on MountainGeoecology of the International Geographical Union (IGU)/ Nature and Manin the Ecosystems of Tropical High Mountains-Introductory Remarks/Climatic Survey in the Kenya Highlands with Particular Reference to theNeeds of Farmers/ Climate Zoning and Land Use at Mount Kenya (Abstract)/Untersuchung zur Obergrenze des Nassreisanbaus in China (Study on theUpper Limit of the Cultivation of Paddy in China)/ Gongga Shan (7556 m)and Yulongxue Shan (5596 m). Geoecological Observations in the HengduanMountains of Southwestern China/ Man and Environment in the CentralCordillera of Eastern New Guinea-Pandanus, Casuarina, Ipomoea batatas/Studies on the Mountain Climatology and Geoecology of the CentralHighlands in Sri Lanka/ etc.