Global warming and biological diversity

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6506974

Peters, R L; Lovejoy, T E ^[1]

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1. eds.

This book is based on presentations given at the World Wildlife Fund's Conference on Consequences of the Greenhouse Effect for Biological Diverisity in 1988, and includes updated literature citations. The general topics covered in the book include the following: overview; summary of past responses of plants to climatic change; general ecological and physiological responses; ecosystems in 4 specific regions (arctic marine, Alaskan North Slope, NW US forests, and Mediterranean); global warming's implications for conservation. Ideas and data from many ecosystems and information about the relationships between biodiversity and climatic change are brought together with a balance of factual information and defensible scientific prognostication.

• OSTI ID: 6506974
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540110*
ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ARCTIC REGIONS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CRYOSPHERE
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FORESTS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
GREENHOUSE GASES
PLANTS
POLAR REGIONS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS