Alton C Byers
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4211979 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alton C Byers |
| NOMBRES | Alton C |
| APELLIDO | Byers |
| FIRMA | BYERS A C |
| AFILIACIONES | The Mountain Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8991-8034 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 10 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1986 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Remembering Jack Ives (15 October 1931–15 September 2024)
A Consequential Editor
A look back at the life of Pauline Ives, editor of Mountain Research and Development from 1981 to 1997, who died in September 2022 at the age of 91. Pauline played a vital role in shaping the journal during its first two decades
Three Recent and Lesser-Known Glacier-Related Flood Mechanisms in High Mountain Environments
Glacial lake outburst floods, and specifically those triggered by avalanche-induced seiche waves, have been studied in considerable detail during the past several decades. Less attention has been given to other cryospheric flood phenomena, which include floods sourced primarily from englacial conduits, permafrost-linked rockfall and avalanches, and earthquake-triggered glacial lake floods. The article reviews examples of each phenomenon, based on…
A Sustainable Solid Waste Management Plan for Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal
Solid waste management is one of the most challenging issues for authorities in the Mt Everest region of Nepal, exacerbated in recent years by the rapid and continued growth of tourism. Open and unsightly landfills in the vicinity of villages along the main trekking routes are creating serious public health and environmental concerns, primarily because of their routine burning, resultant release of toxic chemicals, and contamination of groundwate…
Impacts of Yartsa Gunbu Harvesting on Alpine Ecosystems in the Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal
Around 2003, the highly valuable medicinal fungi Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Nepali: yartsa gunbu) began to be commercially harvested in the remote Barun valley of the Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, eastern Nepal. Since then, an estimated 3,000 collectors per year have visited the valley each harvesting season, placing new pressures upon its subalpine and alpine landscapes. A review of the yartsa gunbu literature suggested that its harv…
Mountain Geography
Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because they provide critical resources, such as water, food and wood; contain high levels of biological and cultural diversity; and are often places for tourism and recreation and/or of sacred significance. This major revision of Larry Price’s book Mountain…
Land Use and Land Cover Change in Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of Eastern Nepal
Land use and land cover (LULC) changes that occurred during 1992–2011 in Sagarmatha National Park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal, were evaluated using multitemporal satellite imagery in combination with land use data and sociological information gathered from semistructured interviews and workshops. We asked study participants about LULC changes, the cause…
NGO Service Delivery and Promotion of Democracy
The Altai Assistance Project
The Altai Republic, known as “the Switzerland of Russia” (http//eng.altai-republic.ru/), is located on the southwestern edge of Siberia, in the Russian portion of the Altai-Sayan range which continues into Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia. It is a spectacularly beautiful, unspoiled, and undeveloped land of forests, open rangeland, and mountain peaks up to 4500 m. In 1998, 5 separate nature sites of the Altai Republic were inscribed by UNESCO as a …
Contemporary Human Impacts on Alpine Ecosystems in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal
An integrated analysis of landscape change in the alpine zone of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal, is presented based on the results from five separate research expeditions conducted between 1984 and 2004. Research results indicate that alpine ecosystems (4,000–5,200 m) within the Imja and Gokyo valleys have been significantly impacted during the past twenty to thirty years as a result of poorly controlled tourism. Impacts within the…
Contemporary Landscape Change in the Huascarán National Park and Buffer Zone, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
As part of The Mountain Institute's monitoring and evaluation program, historic landscape photographs from 10 photopoints of the 1936 and 1939 German/Austrian climbing and cartographic expeditions to the Cordillera Blanca (Huascarán National Park) were replicated in 1997 and 1998. Comparisons revealed contemporary changes in native forest cover, nonnative forest cover, glacial recession, grazing impacts, and urban expansion. Results indicated an …
Historical and Contemporary Human Disturbance in the Upper Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, East Nepal
Alton C. Byers, Historical and Contemporary Human Disturbance in the Upper Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, East Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 16, No. 3, In Memoriam: Barry Chapman Bishop, 1932-1994 (Aug., 1996), pp. 235-247
Mountains, nations, parks, and conservation
Refining Soil Conservation Strategies in the Mountain Environment
Charles P. Staver, Alton C. Byers, III, Andres C. Ravelo, Joshua C. Dickinson, III, Refining Soil Conservation Strategies in the Mountain Environment: The Climatic Factor: An Ecuadorian Case Study, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 127-144
Mountain Gorilla Mortality and Climatic Factors in the Parc National des Volcans, Ruhengeri Prefecture, Rwanda, 1988
During the spring of 1988, an unusual epidemic of respiratory disease and six concurrent deaths of mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) occurred in the Parc National des Volcans, Ruhengeri Prefecture, Rwanda. Available climatological data were examined in an attempt to determine possible causal linkages between disease and local weather patterns. The data indicate that March through May of 1988 was indeed wetter than average for the two s…
Sherpas
An Assessment of Landscape Change in the Khumbu Region of Nepal Using Repeat Photography
Landscape Change and Man-Accelerated Soil Loss
Alton Byers, Landscape Change and Man-Accelerated Soil Loss: The Case of the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 7, No. 3, Proceedings of the Mohonk Mountain Conference: The Himalaya-Ganges Problem (Aug., 1987), pp. 209-216
A Geomorphic Study of Man-Induced Soil Erosion in the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal
Alton Byers, A Geomorphic Study of Man-Induced Soil Erosion in the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal: Report on the Activities of the UNU/MAB (Nepal) Mountain Hazards Mapping Project, Phase II, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb., 1986), pp. 83-87
Contemporary Human Impacts on Alpine Ecosystems in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal
An integrated analysis of landscape change in the alpine zone of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal, is presented based on the results from five separate research expeditions conducted between 1984 and 2004. Research results indicate that alpine ecosystems (4,000–5,200 m) within the Imja and Gokyo valleys have been significantly impacted during the past twenty to thirty years as a result of poorly controlled tourism. Impacts within the…
A Geomorphic Study of Man-Induced Soil Erosion in the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal
Alton Byers, A Geomorphic Study of Man-Induced Soil Erosion in the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal: Report on the Activities of the UNU/MAB (Nepal) Mountain Hazards Mapping Project, Phase II, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb., 1986), pp. 83-87
An Assessment of Landscape Change in the Khumbu Region of Nepal Using Repeat Photography
Landscape Change and Man-Accelerated Soil Loss
Alton Byers, Landscape Change and Man-Accelerated Soil Loss: The Case of the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 7, No. 3, Proceedings of the Mohonk Mountain Conference: The Himalaya-Ganges Problem (Aug., 1987), pp. 209-216
Refining Soil Conservation Strategies in the Mountain Environment
Charles P. Staver, Alton C. Byers, III, Andres C. Ravelo, Joshua C. Dickinson, III, Refining Soil Conservation Strategies in the Mountain Environment: The Climatic Factor: An Ecuadorian Case Study, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 127-144
Mountain Gorilla Mortality and Climatic Factors in the Parc National des Volcans, Ruhengeri Prefecture, Rwanda, 1988
During the spring of 1988, an unusual epidemic of respiratory disease and six concurrent deaths of mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) occurred in the Parc National des Volcans, Ruhengeri Prefecture, Rwanda. Available climatological data were examined in an attempt to determine possible causal linkages between disease and local weather patterns. The data indicate that March through May of 1988 was indeed wetter than average for the two s…
Sherpas
Mountains, nations, parks, and conservation
Historical and Contemporary Human Disturbance in the Upper Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, East Nepal
Alton C. Byers, Historical and Contemporary Human Disturbance in the Upper Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, East Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 16, No. 3, In Memoriam: Barry Chapman Bishop, 1932-1994 (Aug., 1996), pp. 235-247
Contemporary Landscape Change in the Huascarán National Park and Buffer Zone, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
As part of The Mountain Institute's monitoring and evaluation program, historic landscape photographs from 10 photopoints of the 1936 and 1939 German/Austrian climbing and cartographic expeditions to the Cordillera Blanca (Huascarán National Park) were replicated in 1997 and 1998. Comparisons revealed contemporary changes in native forest cover, nonnative forest cover, glacial recession, grazing impacts, and urban expansion. Results indicated an …
Contemporary Human Impacts on Alpine Ecosystems in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal
An integrated analysis of landscape change in the alpine zone of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal, is presented based on the results from five separate research expeditions conducted between 1984 and 2004. Research results indicate that alpine ecosystems (4,000–5,200 m) within the Imja and Gokyo valleys have been significantly impacted during the past twenty to thirty years as a result of poorly controlled tourism. Impacts within the…
The Altai Assistance Project
The Altai Republic, known as “the Switzerland of Russia” (http//eng.altai-republic.ru/), is located on the southwestern edge of Siberia, in the Russian portion of the Altai-Sayan range which continues into Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia. It is a spectacularly beautiful, unspoiled, and undeveloped land of forests, open rangeland, and mountain peaks up to 4500 m. In 1998, 5 separate nature sites of the Altai Republic were inscribed by UNESCO as a …
NGO Service Delivery and Promotion of Democracy
Land Use and Land Cover Change in Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of Eastern Nepal
Land use and land cover (LULC) changes that occurred during 1992–2011 in Sagarmatha National Park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal, were evaluated using multitemporal satellite imagery in combination with land use data and sociological information gathered from semistructured interviews and workshops. We asked study participants about LULC changes, the cause…
Mountain Geography
Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because they provide critical resources, such as water, food and wood; contain high levels of biological and cultural diversity; and are often places for tourism and recreation and/or of sacred significance. This major revision of Larry Price’s book Mountain…
A Sustainable Solid Waste Management Plan for Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal
Solid waste management is one of the most challenging issues for authorities in the Mt Everest region of Nepal, exacerbated in recent years by the rapid and continued growth of tourism. Open and unsightly landfills in the vicinity of villages along the main trekking routes are creating serious public health and environmental concerns, primarily because of their routine burning, resultant release of toxic chemicals, and contamination of groundwate…
Impacts of Yartsa Gunbu Harvesting on Alpine Ecosystems in the Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal
Around 2003, the highly valuable medicinal fungi Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Nepali: yartsa gunbu) began to be commercially harvested in the remote Barun valley of the Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, eastern Nepal. Since then, an estimated 3,000 collectors per year have visited the valley each harvesting season, placing new pressures upon its subalpine and alpine landscapes. A review of the yartsa gunbu literature suggested that its harv…
Three Recent and Lesser-Known Glacier-Related Flood Mechanisms in High Mountain Environments
Glacial lake outburst floods, and specifically those triggered by avalanche-induced seiche waves, have been studied in considerable detail during the past several decades. Less attention has been given to other cryospheric flood phenomena, which include floods sourced primarily from englacial conduits, permafrost-linked rockfall and avalanches, and earthquake-triggered glacial lake floods. The article reviews examples of each phenomenon, based on…
A Consequential Editor
A look back at the life of Pauline Ives, editor of Mountain Research and Development from 1981 to 1997, who died in September 2022 at the age of 91. Pauline played a vital role in shaping the journal during its first two decades
Remembering Jack Ives (15 October 1931–15 September 2024)
Geography (18 obras) · Archaeology (12 obras) · Environmental Science (10 obras) · National park (7 obras) · Environmental protection (6 obras) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 obras) · Agroforestry (5 obras) · Cryospheric studies and observations (5 obras) · Environmental resource management (5 obras) · Physical geography (5 obras)