Global biodiversity in a changing environment : scenarios for the 21st century / F. Stuart Chapin III, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, editors
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| Subjects: | Biodiversity Climatic changes--Environmental aspects |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Springer, c2001 |
| Series: | Ecological studies v. 152 |
| LC Classification: | Q, QH |
| Table of Contents: | Preface Contributors 1. The Future of Biodiversity in a Changing World / F. Stuart Chapin III, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald 1 2. Modeling the Response of Vegetation Distribution and Biodiversity to Climate Change / Martin T. Sykes, Alex Haxeltine 5 3. The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine Changes in Species and Habitats / Rik Leemans 23 4. Soil Biodiversity / Diana H. Wall, Gina Adams, Andrew N. Parsons 47 5. Scenarios of Biodiversity Changes in Arctic and Alpine Tundra / Marilyn D. Walker, William A. Gould, F. Stuart Chapin III 83 6. Boreal Forest / F. Stuart Chapin III, Kjell Danell 101 7. Temperate Grasslands / Osvaldo E. Sala 121 8. Tropical Savanna / Brian Walker 139 9. Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems / Harold A. Mooney, Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, William J. Bond 157 10. Deserts / Laura Foster Huenneke 201 11. Temperate Forests of North and South America / Juan J. Armesto, R. Rozzi, J. Caspersen 223 12. Tropical Forests / Rodolfo Dirzo 251 13. Lakes / David M. Lodge 277 14. Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers / N. LeRoy Poff, Paul L. Angermeier, Scott D. Cooper 315 15. Potential Biodiversity Change: Global Patterns and Biome Comparisons / Osvaldo E. Sala, F. Stuart Chapin III, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald 351 Index 369 |
| Additional Authors: | Chapin, F. Stuart (Francis Stuart), III Sala, Osvaldo E Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2001020200 ISBN: 0387952497 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0387952861 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xii, 376 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 45862124 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0387952497 0387952861 0070-8356 |