Climate Change And Biodiversity - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0300119801 ISBN 13: 9780300119800

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Leading researchers discuss what is now known about the effects of climate change on the natural world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate change; ways that particular organisms are responding to climate change; conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more.

"This book will be a milestone in the emerging discipline of climate change biology. No issue is more important for the global environment; the impressive line-up of experts here gives it definitive coverage."—Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University   

"A well-written treatise on the past, present, and future effects of climate change on plant and animal biodiversity. . . . It is destined to become a classic."—Choice 

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Thomas E. Lovejoy is president of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. He coedited the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Global Warming and Biological Diversity, published in 1992. Lee Hannah is senior climate change biologist, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0300119801
• ISBN 13: 9780300119800
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 418
• Redattore: Lovejoy Thomas E., Hannah Lee Jay