1. Critical approach to methods of glacier reconstruction in high Asia and discussion of the probability of a Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) inland ice

   • Matthias Kuhle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 124

2. Mountain commons: Changing space and status at community levels in the Himalayas

   • Narpat S. Jodha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 124 - 135

3. Water consumption of a six-year-old river red gum plantation in the Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran

   • Masoud Edraki
   • Sayyed Ahang Kowsar
   • Ali Bordbar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 136 - 145

4. Spatial pattern of rural settlements in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River

   • Feng Wenlan
   • Li Ainong
   • Zhou Wancun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 146 - 154

5. Distribution, use pattern and prospects for conservation of medicinal shrubs in Uttaranchal State, India

   • Bhupendra S. Adhikari
   • Mani M. Babu
   • Gopal S. Rawat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 180