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Mountain Research and Development issue online

25.04.2018

The papers in the latest issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development (MRD) analyze gender-inclusive nettle value chain development in western Nepal, discuss the impact of Swiss government policy on maintaining high-mountain pasturing in the Alps, present an agronomic study of an endangered landrace of runner bean in Italy and explore Bhutanese herders’ perceptions of climatic changes. Further articles assess the impact of increasing tourism on vegetation patterns in a national park in China, model the spatial distribution of plant functional groups in subalpine grassland in the Georgian Caucasus and provide a large-scale mapping of arid regions in the valleys of southwestern China’s largest rivers.

Volume 28, Number 1 of MRD is available online and open access:
www.bioone.org/toc/mred/38/1

Read about the journal’s section policies, guidelines and submission procedure at:
www.mrd-journal.org

The MRD Editorial Team
MRD Editorial Office, University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment
[email protected]