Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment Scenarios for the 21st Century

Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment Scenarios for the 21st Century / edited by F.Stuart Chapin, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald.

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment -- changes in the climate, the oceans, and the chemistry of the air we breathe. Environmental biologists, on the other han...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Chapin, F.Stuart (Editor), Sala, Osvaldo E. (Editor), Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 152
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ecology .
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Nature conservation.
Atmospheric sciences.
Plant science.
Botany.
Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Future of Biodiversity in a Changing World
  • 2. Modeling the Response of Vegetation Distribution and Biodiversity to Climate Change
  • 3. The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine Changes in Species and Habitats
  • 4. Soil Biodiversity
  • 5. Scenarios of Biodiversity Changes in Arctic and Alpine Tundra
  • 6. Boreal Forest
  • 7. Temperate Grasslands
  • 8. Tropical Savanna
  • 9. Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems
  • 10. Deserts
  • 11. Temperate Forests of North and South America
  • 12. Tropical Forests
  • 13. Lakes
  • 14. Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers
  • 15. Potential Biodiversity Change: Global Patterns and Biome Comparisons.

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