| Titre : |
Global biodiversity in a changing environment: scenarios for the 21st Century |
| Type de document : |
livre |
| Auteurs : |
Chapin, F.S.(Ed.) ; Sala, O.E.(Ed.) ; Huber-Sannwald, E.(Ed.) |
| Editeur : |
New York : Springer |
| Année de publication : |
2001 |
| Collection : |
Ecological studies; 152 |
| Importance : |
376 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-387-95249-9 |
| Note générale : |
Inventaire 2008: Pointé et ré-emprunté le 05/02/2008 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Biodiversity Climatic change Environmental aspects |
| Résumé : |
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 hand, have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in Earth's environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment provides a starting point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention. |
| Note de contenu : |
Hbk; |
Global biodiversity in a changing environment: scenarios for the 21st Century [livre] / Chapin, F.S.(Ed.) ; Sala, O.E.(Ed.) ; Huber-Sannwald, E.(Ed.) . - New York : Springer, 2001 . - 376 p.. - ( Ecological studies; 152) . ISBN : 978-0-387-95249-9 Inventaire 2008: Pointé et ré-emprunté le 05/02/2008 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Biodiversity Climatic change Environmental aspects |
| Résumé : |
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 hand, have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in Earth's environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment provides a starting point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention. |
| Note de contenu : |
Hbk; |
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