Editors
Jordi Catalan
Biogeodynamics and Biodiversity Group
CREAF—CSIC, Campus UAB
Cerdanyola
Spain
Josep M. Ninot
University of Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain
M. Mercè Aniz
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici
National Park
Boi
Spain
ISSN 1574-0919
ISSN 2215-1621 (electronic)
Advances in Global Change Research
ISBN 978-3-319-55981-0
ISBN 978-3-319-55982-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55982-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017937113
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Jordi Catalan
Biogeodynamics and Biodiversity Group
CREAF—CSIC, Campus UAB
Cerdanyola
Spain
Josep M. Ninot
University of Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain
M. Mercè Aniz
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici
National Park
Boi
Spain
ISSN 1574-0919
ISSN 2215-1621 (electronic)
Advances in Global Change Research
ISBN 978-3-319-55981-0
ISBN 978-3-319-55982-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55982-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017937113
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. This book is an open access publication
Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to
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changes were made.
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license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s
Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the
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book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the
authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or
for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to
jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Cover Illustration: Reflection at Night. Author: Miquel Jover Benjumea.
Printed on acid-free paper
This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature
The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG
The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland