| Past and Future Rapid Environmental Changes: The Spatial and Evolutionary Responses of Terrestrial Biota Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Huntley, Brian (Editor), Cramer, Wolfgang (Editor), Morgan, Alan V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642644716 ISBN-13: 9783642644719 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Paleontology - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 560.452 |
| Series: NATO Asi Subseries I: (Closed) |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.67 lbs) 523 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Numerous experts including ecologists, geneticists, paleontologists and climatologists, investigate the response of terrestrial organisms to changes in their environment. The volume comprises an introductory and a final chapter by the editors as well as another 35 contributions. These are divided into six sections: 1. past environmental changes - the late-Quaternary; 2. spatial responses to past changes; 3. mechanisms enabling spatial responses; 4. evolutionary responses to past changes; 5. mechanisms enabling evolutionary responses; 6. predicted future environmental changes and simulated responses. The overwhelming and unanimous conclusion of all contributors is that forecasted global environmental changes pose a severe threat to the integrity of ecosystems worldwide and to the survival of at least some species. |