1. Three-dimensional stability of landslides based on local safety factor

   • Tao Yang
   • Man-chu Ronald Yeung
   • Yan-xin Yang

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1515 - 1526

2. Outlining a stepwise, multi-parameter debris flow monitoring and warning system: an example of application in Aizi Valley, China

   • Ning-sheng Chen
   • Javed Iqbal Tanoli
   • Tao Wang

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1527 - 1543

3. The spatial distribution characteristics of shallow fissures of a landslide in the Wenchuan earthquake area

   • Xing-qian Xu
   • Li-jun Su
   • Chao Liu

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1544 - 1557

4. Thinning effects on walnut stem and crown diameter growth and fruiting in the walnut-fruit forests of Kyrgyzstan

   • Jean-Pierre Sorg
   • Zora Lea Urech
   • Maik Rehnus

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1558 - 1566

5. Rangeland degradation assessment in Kyrgyzstan: vegetation and soils as indicators of grazing pressure in Naryn Oblast

   • Franziska Hoppe
   • Taalaigul Zhusui Kyzy
   • Udo Schickhoff

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1567 - 1583

6. Assessing adaptability and response of vegetation to glacier recession in the afro-alpine moorland terrestrial ecosystem of Rwenzori Mountains

   • Tonny J. Oyana
   • Bob R. Nakileza

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1584 - 1597

7. Influence of ginseng cultivation under larch plantations on plant diversity and soil properties in Liaoning Province, Northeast China

   • Wei-wei Liu
   • Mou-cheng Liu
   • Yi Qu

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1598 - 1608

8. Ecological species groups and interspecific association of vegetation in natural recovery process at Xiejiadian landslide after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

   • Qing-wei Yang
   • Shou-jiang Liu
   • Hui-ling Peng

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1609 - 1620

9. Variations of bacterial and fungal communities along a primary successional chronosequence in the Hailuogou glacier retreat area (Gongga Mountain, SW China)

   • Hong-yang Sun
   • Yan-hong Wu
   • Hai-jian Bing

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1621 - 1631

10. Water quality assessment of benthic diatom communities for water quality in the subalpine karstic lakes of Jiuzhaigou, a world heritage site in China

    • Li-li Ouyang
    • Yang-dong Pan
    • Wei-yang Xiao

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1632 - 1644

11. Potential effects of future adoption of the REDD mechanism as a preventive measure against deforestation and forest degradation in North Korea

    • Hong Chul Park
    • Choong Hyeon Oh

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1645 - 1651

12. Changes in microbial community composition in the leaf litter of successional communities after volcanic eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan

    • Michiru Otaki
    • Fumiko Takeuchi
    • Shiro Tsuyuzaki

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1652 - 1662

13. Effect of the inclined weak interlayers on the rainfall response of a bedded rock slope

    • Long-qi Li
    • Neng-pan Ju

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1663 - 1674

14. Changing human-environment interactions in medium mountains: the Apuseni Mts (Romania) as a case study

    • Tamás Telbisz
    • Zoltán Imecs
    • Zsolt Bottlik

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1675 - 1687

15. Potentials of community-based tourism in transformations towards green economies after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in West China

    • Yong Tang

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2016 Pages: 1688 - 1700