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Global biodiversity in a changing environment
1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color).
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, Future Scenarios of Global Biodiversity 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.
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Future of Biodiversity in a Changing World -- F. Stuart Chapin III, Osvaldo E. Sala, -- Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, and Rik Leemans -- 2. Modeling the Response of Vegetation Distribution and -- Biodiversity to Climate Change -- Martin T. Sykes and Alex Haxeltine -- 3. The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine -- Changes in Species and Habitats -- Rik Leemans -- 4. Soil Biodiversity -- Diana H. Wall, Gina Adams, and Andrew N. Parsons -- 5. Scenarios of Biodiversity Changes -- in Arctic and Alpine Tundra -- Marilyn D. Walker, William A. Gould, -- and F Stuart Chapin III -- 6. Boreal Forest -- F Stuart Chapin III and Kjell Danell -- 7. Temperate Grasslands -- Osvaldo E. Sala -- 8. Tropical Savanna -- Brian Walker -- 9. Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems -- Harold A. Mooney, Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, -- William J. Bond, Josep Canadell, Richard J. Hobbs, -- Sandra Lavorel, and Ronald P. Neilson -- 10. Deserts -- Laura Foster Huenneke -- 11. Temperate Forests of North and South America -- Juan J. Armesto, R. Rozzi, and J. Caspersen -- 12. Tropical Forests -- Rodolfo Dirzo -- 13. Lakes -- David M. Lodge -- 14. Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers -- N. LeRoy Poff, Paul L. Angermeier, Scott D. Cooper, -- P.S. Lake, Kurt D. Fausch, Kirk O. Winemiller, -- Leal A.K. Mertes, Mark W. Oswood, James Reynolds, -- and Frank J. Rahel -- 15. Potential Biodiversity Change: Global Patterns and -- Biome Comparisons -- Osvaldo E. Sala, F. Stuart Chapin III, -- and Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald -- Index.
F. Stuart Chapin III, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.