Past and future rapid environmental changes : the spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota /
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 in...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
1997.
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Global environmental change ;
vol. 47. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Past and Future Rapid Environmental Changes--the Spatial and Evolutionary Responses of Terrrestrial Biota", held at Crieff, Scotland, June 26-30, 1995"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 523 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642605994 (electronic bk.) 3642605990 (electronic bk.) |