Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity - Brossura

Pearson, Richard

 
9780565092993: Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity
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ISBN 10: 0565092995 ISBN 13: 9780565092993
Casa editrice: Quarto Publishing Group, 2011

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Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Drawing upon a wide range of illuminating case studies from around the world, Driven to Extinction provides a balanced and highly readable insight into the potential impacts of climate change on the diversity of life. Richard Pearson meticulously assembles the evidence of how species of plants and animals have reacted to temperature changes in the past, and how they are likely to respond in the future. He shows how different species are interconnected, how subtle yet essential those connections can be, and how severing one link in the complex chain of mutual cooperation and dependency can lead to the breakdown of a once-thriving community and, ultimately, extinction. At the same time, he also explores how climate change can offer some species new opportunities even as it narrows prospects for others, highlighting the adaptability and survival techniques of some of the weirdest and most wonderful creatures on the planet. Exposing successes and flaws in current research, Driven to Extinction is an engaging and unbiased overview of what scientists know - and don't know - about the impacts of climate change.

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Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Drawing upon a wide range of illuminating case studies from around the world, Driven to Extinction provides a balanced and highly readable insight into the potential impacts of climate change on the diversity of life. Richard Pearson meticulously assembles the evidence of how species of plants and animals have reacted to temperature changes in the past, and how they are likely to respond in the future. He shows how different species are interconnected, how subtle yet essential those connections can be, and how severing one link in the complex chain of mutual cooperation and dependency can lead to the breakdown of a once-thriving community and, ultimately, extinction. At the same time, he also explores how climate change can offer some species new opportunities even as it narrows prospects for others, highlighting the adaptability and survival techniques of some of the weirdest and most wonderful creatures on the planet. Exposing successes and flaws in current research, Driven to Extinction is an engaging and unbiased overview of what scientists know - and don't know - about the impacts of climate change.

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Editore
Quarto Publishing Group
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0565092995
ISBN 13 
9780565092993
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
232
Contatto del produttore
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ISBN 10:  1402772238 ISBN 13:  9781402772238
Casa editrice: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 2011
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