From après-ski to après-tourism: the Alps in transition? 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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Measurement and identification of areas susceptible to flood spreading from the viewpoint of geological formations in Birjand watershed using RS / GIS by Parviz Ziaiian Firouz Abadi, Ayoub Badragh Nejad, Reza Sarli, Mahboub Babaie

“…Rivers include a vast range of narrow waterways and with mountainous high steep to low steep and wide beds flowing in plains. …”
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INONDATIONS TORRENTIELLES EN ZONES MONTAGNEUSES AFFÉRENTES AU GOLFE DU MEXIQUE by JEAN-NOËL SALOMON

“…After a time, erosion processes become more numerous with disastrous soil loss, particularly in mountainous areas (slopes), moreover so, if used for farming or grazing. …”
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Species delimitation in the Populus laurifolia complex (Salicaceae) based on phylogenetic and morphometric evidence by Xueya Wei, Xingyong Cui, Fulin Yuan, Kerou Zhou, Liwei Zhou, Changli Zhao, Shaoyu Guo, Ce Shang, Zhixiang Zhang

“…Tacamahaca (Salicaceae), is distributed in the Altai Mountains and Tianshan Mountains. This complex exhibits morphological variability, making species delimitation challenging. …”
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Genetic Rescue of the Dinaric Lynx Population: Insights for Conservation From Genetic Monitoring and Individual‐Based Modelling by Elena Pazhenkova, Matej Bartol, Barbara Boljte, Urša Fležar, Andrea Gazzola, Tomislav Gomerčić, Marjeta Konec, Ivan Kos, Miha Krofel, Jakub Kubala, Ladislav Paule, Mihai Pop, Hubert Potočnik, Barbara Promberger, Robin Rigg, Teodora Sin, Magda Sindičić, Vedran Slijepčević, Astrid Vik Stronen, Ira Topličanec, Tomaž Skrbinšek

“…To counteract this, population reinforcement was implemented between 2019 and 2023, involving the translocation of 12 individuals from the Carpathian Mountains to the Dinaric Mountains of Slovenia and Croatia. …”
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Rock Art Conservation and Geotourism: A practical example from Foum Chenna engravings site, Morocco by Mohamed Abioui, Lhassan M Barki, Mohammed Benssaou, Abdelkrim Ezaidi, Nezha El Kamali

“…The engravings represent an archive of an ancient civilization which developed over thousands of years throughout North Africa, from the Atlantic to Egypt and from the Atlas Mountains to the Sahel. Morocco has more than 300 listed rock art sites, scattered throughout the country. …”
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Adaptive potential of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) varieties of Azerbaijan by Kh. N. Rustamov, Z. I. Akparov, M. A. Abbasov

“…The experiments were carried out in the foothills of Mountainous Shirvan under unsecured non-irrigation at Gobustan Experiment Station of the Research Institute of Crop Husbandry. …”
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Fluid Inclusions and C-H-O-S-Pb Isotope Systematics of the Changfagou Deposit, Jilin Province, Northeast China by Bo Peng, Bile Li, Jun Chen

“…The Changfagou Cu deposit in Jilin province, China, is located in the eastern segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton and lies at the southern end of the Lesser Xing’an Mountains-Zhanggangcailing Mountains. According to the mineral paragenetic association and its various relationships, the hydrothermal mineralization can be divided into 4 metallogenic stages from early to late: stage I is K-feldspar-quartz-magnetite, stage II is quartz-molybdenite, stage III is quartz-chalcopyrite (polymetallic sulfide), and stage IV is carbonate. …”
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Freeze-Thaw Stability Analysis of the High-Ice Content Soil-Rock Cutting Slope: A Case Study in Oroqen Autonomous Banner, North China by Yuxia Zhao, Jun Feng, Kangqi Liu, Qi Wu, Liqun Wang, Hongyan Liu

“…This area is located in the high-latitude permafrost regions of the Daxing’anling Mountains. The section of line 332 from Ali River to Kubuchun Forest Farm is 116 km long, and the permafrost section is 7.45 km. …”
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Geology of the Toundoute Region (South Morocco): a window on the Early Jurassic-Cretaceous tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Central High Atlas by Marco Benvenuti, Jacopo Nesi, Mauro Papini, Giacomo Risaliti, Federico Sani, Giovanna Moratti

“…This incipient diffuse crustal uplift and denudation attests to a pre-collisional stage in the development of the Central High Atlas mountains.…”
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Vivre avec des animaux « à problème » by Coralie Mounet

“…The presence and recent spread of the wolf and the boar in the mountains of the French Alps are upsetting the organisation of territorial “vivre ensemble” (cohabitation) projects. …”
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Living with “problem” animals by Coralie Mounet

“…The presence and recent spread of the wolf and the boar in the mountains of the French Alps are upsetting the organisation of territorial “vivre ensemble” (cohabitation) projects. …”
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Spatial disparities and dynamics in the high quality agricultural development in Heilongjiang Province of China by Jingting Yu, Guanghao Wu

“…Harbin and Qiqihar in the Songnen Plain, and Mudanjiang in the Mudanjiang Semi-mountainous Areas lead in HQAD, while cities in the Sanjiang Plain lag behind. …”
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Study on Interaction Mechanism of Natural Gas Pipe-Landslide System Reinforced by Micropile Groups Based on Model Test by Wei Guan, Honggang Wu, Daoyong Wu, Lin Tang, Hong Wei

“…Natural gas pipeline projects in mountainous areas are inevitably affected by geological disasters such as landslides, which pose a serious threat to the safe operation of pipelines along the routes crossing landslide areas. …”
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Effect of simulated gastrointestinal digestion on antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of bioactive peptides generated in sausages fermented with Staphylococcus simulans Q... by Hongying Li, Hongbing Fan, Zihan Wang, Qiujin Zhu, Jianping Wu

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Penser et construire l’espace tojolabal à travers une expérience rituelle transfrontalière (Mexique-Guatemala) by Carine Chavarochette

“…One of the mythical origins of this group takes place in Guatemala in the Cuchumatanes mountains, in an area inhabited by another Maya group: the Chuj. …”
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optimal location to reduce earthquake vulnerability of cities (Case study: Bojnord) by sana rahmani, sayed hossein vahedi, leila abedi far, saleh ebrahimi pour

“…Bojnord is in a bowl surrounded by mountains and down the valley.…”
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Distribution and Conservation of Ephedra rhytidosperma by Chao Tan, David Kay Ferguson, Yong Yang

“…This shrubby species is endemic to the Helan Mountains in northwestern China where it dominates the lowland vegetation. …”
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Changes of soil organic carbon and aggregate stability along elevation gradient in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations by Xiaoqing Cao, Yuting Xu, Fei Wang, Zhili Zhang, Xiaoniu Xu

“…The physical protection of silt + clay fractions and the active carbon pools may be the main mechanisms for organic carbon preservation in the Dabie Mountains. These results contribute to further deepening the impact of elevation on climate change and the C cycling of forest ecosystems.…”
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Assessing the suitability of sites near Pine Island Glacier for subglacial bedrock drilling aimed at detecting Holocene retreat–readvance by J. S. Johnson, J. Woodward, I. Nesbitt, K. Winter, S. Campbell, K. A. Nichols, R. A. Venturelli, S. Braddock, B. M. Goehring, B. Hall, D. H. Rood, G. Balco, G. Balco

“…Here we evaluate the suitability for subglacial bedrock drilling of sites in the Hudson Mountains, which are located in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica. …”
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