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Climate Change Biology by Hannah, Lee Jay, author is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Climate Change Biology about?

1 online resource (xi, 402 pages) : Climate change biology is a new discipline, born of the recognition that human-induced climate change is resulting in wholesale shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. The evidence for biological upheaval in response to climate change is immense. Migratory species are arriving earlier in the year. Flowers are blooming earlier. Ranges of plants, mammals and insects are moving. Food chains are being disrupted. And, unfortunately, the first extinctions linked to climate change are already being recorded in the dozens. Climate change biology is not only abo Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392) and index Print version record SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION; The changing climate around us.; What is climate change?; The role of climate in ecology and biogeography. SECTION 2 LESSONS FROM THE PAST; Extinctions and other effects in deep time; Terrestrial plant and animal responses; Marine species and ecosystem changes; Freshwater species and ecosystem changes SECTION 3 THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE; Changes in species? ranges; Changes in timing and process: phenology; Ecosystem impacts SECTION 4 LOOKI

Author

Hannah, Lee Jay, author

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780123741820

Subjects

Nature, Biology, Science