from the recent past to future. Examples of response, shift or adaptation, illustrate
possible scenarios for entire high mountain areas.
This book and the preceding workshop are mainly due to the work, expertise and
willing of the chapters’ authors, who have grown upon the scientific atmosphere
created in the previous decades by so many colleagues. Nevertheless, we have also to
acknowledge the institutions that planned, managed or funded the event and the present
book, which includes the Spanish Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales, the
technicians of the National Park, the local government of Espot, Diputació Lleida
through the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, and ‘la Caixa’. Jordi Vicente (National Park)
and Meritxell Batalla (CREAF) provided valuable help in the organisation and
manuscript editing, respectively. Several colleagues read and provided comments for
different parts of the book, which have contributed to improving them, yet the
responsibility remains with the authors. We are glad to thank Anna Agustí Panareda,
Anna Avila, Enric Ballesteros, Rick Battarbee, Anton Brancelj, Begoña García,
Josep M. Gasol, Gareth Griffith, Erik Jeppesen, Joachim W. Kadereit, Felix Knauer, Jiri
Kopacek, Christoph Marty, Yolanda Melero, Guillermo de Mendoza, Laszlo Nagy,
Sergi Pla-Rabès, Roland Psenner, Joan Real, Daniel Sol, Jaume Terradas, Jean-Paul
Theurillat, Luis Villar and Kevin Walsh.
Barcelona, Spain
Jordi Catalan
December 2016
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M. Mercè Aniz
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possible scenarios for entire high mountain areas.
This book and the preceding workshop are mainly due to the work, expertise and
willing of the chapters’ authors, who have grown upon the scientific atmosphere
created in the previous decades by so many colleagues. Nevertheless, we have also to
acknowledge the institutions that planned, managed or funded the event and the present
book, which includes the Spanish Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales, the
technicians of the National Park, the local government of Espot, Diputació Lleida
through the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, and ‘la Caixa’. Jordi Vicente (National Park)
and Meritxell Batalla (CREAF) provided valuable help in the organisation and
manuscript editing, respectively. Several colleagues read and provided comments for
different parts of the book, which have contributed to improving them, yet the
responsibility remains with the authors. We are glad to thank Anna Agustí Panareda,
Anna Avila, Enric Ballesteros, Rick Battarbee, Anton Brancelj, Begoña García,
Josep M. Gasol, Gareth Griffith, Erik Jeppesen, Joachim W. Kadereit, Felix Knauer, Jiri
Kopacek, Christoph Marty, Yolanda Melero, Guillermo de Mendoza, Laszlo Nagy,
Sergi Pla-Rabès, Roland Psenner, Joan Real, Daniel Sol, Jaume Terradas, Jean-Paul
Theurillat, Luis Villar and Kevin Walsh.
Barcelona, Spain
Jordi Catalan
December 2016
Josep M. Ninot
M. Mercè Aniz
Preface
vii