| Main Title |
Global warming and biological diversity / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Yale University Press, |
| Year Published |
1992 |
| OCLC Number |
24372858 |
| ISBN |
0300050569; 9780300050561; 0300059302; 9780300059304 |
| Subjects |
Global warming--Congresses ;
Biodiversity--Climatic factors--Congresses ;
Biodiversity conservation--Congresses ;
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Congresses ;
Organisms--Effects of--Global warming ;
Conservation de la nature ;
Changement climatique ;
Equilibre cologique ;
Influence climatique ;
Protection des especes naturelles ;
Klimaatveranderingen ;
Broeikaseffect ;
Biodiversiteit ;
Artenreichtum--(DE-588)4131912-6 ;
Biologie--(DE-588)4006851-1 ;
Klimaanderung--(DE-588)4164199-1 ;
Treibhauseffekt--(DE-588)4226436-4 ;
Climat--Changements--Congres ;
Rchauffement de la Terre--Congres ;
Bioclimatologie--Congres ;
Diversite biologique--Conservation--Congres ;
Diversite biologique--Congres ;
Effet de serre (meteorologie)--Congres ;
Tiere ;
Anpassung ;
Artenschutz ;
Pflanzen ;
Bioclimatology--Congresses ;
Biological diversity conservation--Congresses ;
Biological diversity--Congresses ;
Climatic changes--Congresses
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
QH543.G56 1992 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/24/1992 |
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| Collation |
xxi, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Conservation of biological diversity in the face of climate change / Robert L. Peters -- How does the world work? : great issues of life and government hinge on the answer / George M. Woodwell -- Climate-change scenarios for impact assessment / Stephen H. Schneider, Linda Mearns, and Peter H. Gleick -- Past changes in vegetation and climate : lessons for the future / Thompson Webb III -- Late pleistocene faunal changes as a guide to understanding effects of greenhouse warming on the mammalian fauna of North America / Russell W. Graham -- Effects of global warming on the biodiversity of coastal-marine zones / G. Carleton Ray [and others] -- A review of the effects of climate on vegetation : ranges, competition, and composition / F. Ian Woodward. Effects of climate change on soil biotic communities and soil processes / Walter G. Whitford -- Possible effects of global warming on the biological diversity in tropical forests / Gary S. Hartshorn -- Using computer models to project ecosystem response, habitat change, and wildlife diversity / Herman H. Shugart and Thomas M. Smith -- Physiological responses of animals to higher temperatures / William R. Dawson -- Ecological responses of animals to climate / C. Richard Tracy -- The greenhouse effect and changes in animal behavior : effects on social structure and life-history strategies / Daniel I. Rubenstein -- Double jeopardy for migrating animals : multiple hits and resource asynchrony / J.P. Myers and Robert T. Lester. Global warming and potential changes in host-parasite and disease-vector relationships / Andrew Dobson and Robin Carper -- Arctic marine ecosystems / Vera Alexander -- Some possible effects of climatic warming on arctic tundra ecosystems of the Alaskan North Slope / W. Dwight Billings and Kim Moreau Peterson -- Effects of global climatic change on forests in Northwestern North America / Jerry F. Franklin [and others] -- Effects of climate change on Mediterranean-type ecosystems in California and Baja California / Walter E. Westman and George P. Malanson -- Projecting the effects of climate change on biological diversity in forests / Daniel B. Botkin and Robert A. Nisbet -- Changes in geographical range resulting from greenhouse warming : effects on biodiversity in forests / Margaret B. Davis and Catherine Zabinski. Between the devil and the deep blue sea : implications of climate change for Florida's fauna / Larry D. Harris and Wendell P. Cropper, Jr. -- The nature and consequences of indirect linkages between climate change and biological diversity / John Harte, Margaret Torn, and Deborah Jensen -- Synergisms : joint effects of climate change and other forms of habitat destruction / Norman Myers -- Effects of climate change on biological diversity in Western North America : species losses and mechanisms / Dennis D. Murphy and Stuart B. Weiss. |
| Place Published |
New Haven : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1992. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
91033532 |
| Merged OCLC records |
26721702; 29345434; 80330491 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
19921215083736 |
| Language |
ENG |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
04044pam 2200373 a 45020 |
