À qui appartient la montagne ? Trajectoires de la propriété collective en Slovaquie by Michel Lompech

“…The agricultural landscape of the Slovakian mountains is defined by a particular type of agricultural and forestry community property: the urbariat forestry association. …”
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NEW DATA ON MINERALOGY OF THE SUGUR COPPER DEPOSIT, SOUTH URALS by V.A. Popov, M.A. Rassomakhin, V.I. Popova

“…The previous and new data on minerals and mineral assemblages of the Sugur copper deposit in the Sugur Mountains of South Urals are summarized. The ores of the deposit host abundant calcite, andradite, diopside, magnetite, chromite and serpentine together with pyrite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, pyrrhotite, millerite, and rare baddeleyite. …”
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Maintenance and risk management of rockfall protection net fences through numerical study of damage influence by Andrea Luciani, Carmine Todaro, Daniele Peila

“…Rockfall protection net fences are key protection systems in mountainous areas worldwide to ensure the safety of infrastructures, roads and urban areas. …”
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Valley floor inclination affecting valley winds and transport of passive tracers in idealised simulations by J. Mikkola, A. Gohm, V. A. Sinclair, F. Bianchi

“…<p>In mountainous regions, diurnal thermally driven winds impact daily weather and air quality. …”
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Double disaggregation of the decline of terrestrial water storage for a highly cultivated dryland partially covered by glaciers by Zongxia Wang, Suxia Liu

“…., the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains (NSTM). A widespread and significant decline of TWS was detected in NSTM. …”
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Accumulation of sodium and manganese during litter decomposition of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) forest in China by Xinning Zhao, Fei Zang, Fangyuan Huang, Na Li, Chuanyan Zhao

“…These results illustrate the seasonal characteristics of litter element return and nutrient cycling during litter decomposition in typical coniferous forests in the Qilian Mountains and could provide basic data and theoretical basis for ecological protection in the Qilian Mountains.…”
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Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China by Yongru Wu, Jian Shen, David C. Deane, Haibin Yu, Fangyuan Yu, Xuerong Wang, Zheng Cao, Rong Yu, Fuan Xiao, Tiejun Wang, Zhifeng Wu

“…Rhododendron, a diverse genus of alpine and subalpine woody plant, plays a crucial role in ecosystem stability and biodiversity in the biodiversity hotspots of the Himalayas and Hengduan Mountains. Here, we compared the predicted impacts of average climate with those including ECEs on 189 Rhododendron species in China for the historical period (1981–2010) and the future period (2071–2100) under two emissions scenarios (SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5). …”
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A Global Lakes/Reservoirs Surface Extent Dataset (GLRSED): An Integration of Multi‐Source Data by Bingxin Bai, Lixia Mu, Yumin Tan

“…In addition, by spatially overlaying with mountainous polygon, lakes/reservoirs in mountainous areas were identified. …”
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Impact of Annually Variable Dust Activity on the Recession of the Martian South Polar Seasonal Cap by Zhibin Li, Jianjun Liu, Renhao Tian, Zhaopeng Chen, Qing Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Wei Yan, Qiang Fu, Shaoran Liu, Nannan Ma

“…Specific regions, such as the “Cryptic Region” and the Mountains of Mitchel, respond uniquely to dust activity. …”
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Molecular phylogenetics of the Ophiocordyceps sinensis-species complex lineage (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), with the discovery of new species and predictions of species distribution by Yongdong Dai, Siqi Chen, Yuanbing Wang, Yao Wang, Zhuliang Yang, Hong Yu

“…The study is prompted by the discovery of a new species, O. megala, described here from a biodiversity hotspot in the Hengduan Mountains, China. Combined morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic evidence supports its distinctiveness from O. sinensis, O. xuefengensis, and O. macroacicularis. …”
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On the ionospheric response in the Taiwan region to Typhoon Meranti in September 2016 by Peng Chen, Mingzhu Xiong, Yibin Yao, Hao Chen, Fucai Tang, Liangcai Qiu, Yuchen Zhang

“…When the vortex structure of a typhoon interacts with complex surfaces such as mountains, it is easier to excite more medium-scale gravity waves. …”
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Neither Worker, Nor Queen: An Ant Caste Specialized in the Production of Unfertilized Eggs by J. Heinze, S. P. Cover, B. Hölldobler

“…In addition to a queen and workers, colonies of the ant Crematogaster smithi Creighton from Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, may contain one or several conspicuous “large workers” whose size, external morphology, and number of ovarioles are intermediate between that of queens on one side and that of workers on the other. …”
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Two new species of Malthinus Latreille, 1805 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Georgia by S.V. Kazantsev

“…., are described from the Mitarbi valley in the Meskheti Mountains, Georgia. The total number of Malthinus species registered in Georgia is thus raised to ten, three of them being endemic to the country. …”
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Armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by John L. Capinera

“…Capinera, describes this "true armyworm", a light reddish brown nocturnal moth bundant in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, whose larvae are notorious for appearing out of nowhere to inflict a high level of defoliation in grain crops.  …”
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Armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by John L. Capinera

“…Capinera, describes this "true armyworm", a light reddish brown nocturnal moth bundant in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, whose larvae are notorious for appearing out of nowhere to inflict a high level of defoliation in grain crops.  …”
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Soil campodeids (Diplura, Campodeidae) of Eastern Europe, in Romanian and Bulgarian reliefs by Alberto Sendra, Cristina Fiera, Jesús Selfa, Pavel Stoev

“…A new species, Campodea (Dicampa) transylvanica Sendra, sp. nov. is described from Zarand and Făgăraș mountains in Romania. Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912 is newly recorded for the Romanian fauna, while Campodea (Paurocampa) ruseki Condé, 1966 represents a new record for Bulgaria. …”
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Conseiller, expert et consultant en patrimoine : la construction d’une figure de l’Éthiopie contemporaine by Guillaume Blanc, Marie Bridonneau

“…Since their inclusion in the World Heritage List in 1978, the small town of Lalibela and the Semèn mountains are moving in step with the transformation of the contemporaneous Ethiopian State and the reinforcement of the globalization of heritage led by, among others, an elite of “consultants”. …”
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Une solastalgie autochtone by Emma Wolton

“…This article focuses on a particular geographical context in southern Arizona, USA, where the Tohono O’odham are opposing the construction of an open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains. A study of the Tohono O’odham’s relationship to the landscape is used as an example to shed light on the process of solastalgia. …”
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Response of Natural Forests and Grasslands in Xinjiang to Climate Change Based on Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence by Jinrun He, Jinglong Fan, Zhentao Lv, Shengyu Li

“…According to China’s ecological zoning, R1 (Altai Mountains-Western Junggar Mountains forest-steppe) and R5 (Pamir-Kunlun Mountains-Altyn Tagh high-altitude desert grasslands) represent two ecological extremes, while R2–R4 span desert and forest-steppe ecosystems. …”
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De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ? by Philippe Bourdeau

“…Winter sports occupy a prominent place in European tourism, not only because of their economic importance in mountainous areas but also due to their major symbolic significance in the "leisure civilisation". …”
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