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Biogeography in the Sub-Arctic : the past and future of North Atlantic biota /

"There is no escaping the fact that the island biogeography of the North Atlantic Region is singularly peculiar. Sitting in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, these islands have been subjected to largescale shifts in climate over the last few million years, unlike the other island groups further...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Panagiotakopulu, Eva (Editor), Sadler, J. P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021
Subjects:
Biogeography > North Atlantic Region.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Section I : Remote Origins
  • The Opening of the North Atlantic / Brian G. J. Upton
  • Cenozoic Vegetation and Phytogeography of the Sub-arctic North Atlantic / Friðgeir Grímsson, Thomas Denk, Reinhard Zetter
  • Interglacial Biotas from the North Atlantic Islands / Ole Bennike, Jens Böcher
  • Section II : Origins of the Present Biota
  • Origin and Dispersal of the North Atlantic Vascular Plant Floras / Christian Brochmann, Inger G. Alsos
  • The Aquatic Fauna of the North Atlantic Islands with Emphasis on Iceland / Gísli Már Gíslason
  • The Vascular Floras of High-Latitude Islands with Special Reference to Iceland / Thóra Ellen Thórhallsdóttir
  • Quaternary Vertebrates from the North Atlantic Islands / Ole Bennike, Bernd Wagner
  • North Atlantic Insect Faunas, Fossils and Pitfalls / Eva Panagiotakopulu
  • Section III : Human Impact
  • Landnám and the North Atlantic Flora / Kevin J. Edwards, Egill Erlendsson, J. Edward Schofield
  • Origin of the Northeast Atlantic Islands Bird Fauna: Scenarios of Ecosystem Development / Aevar Petersen, Bergur Olsen
  • Human Impact on North Atlantic Biota: Farming and Farm Animals, Fishing, Sealing and Whaling / Ingrid Mainland, Jennifer Harland
  • Section IV : Conservation in a Warming World
  • A Fleet of Silver: Local Knowledge Perceptions of Sea Ice from Iceland and Labrador/Nunatsiavut / Astrid E.J. Ogilvie, Brian T. Hill, Gaston R. Demarée
  • Biodiversity Conservation in the Faroe Islands Under Changing Climate and Land Use / Anna Maria Fosaa
  • Biodiversity Conservation in Iceland Under Changing Climate / Erlingur Hauksson
  • The Natural Environment and Its Biodiversity in Greenland During the Present Climate Change / Ib Johnsen, Henning Heide-Jørgensen.