Climate Change and Biodiversity - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300119801 ISBN 13: 9780300119800

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Leading researchers discuss what is now known about the effects of climate change on the natural world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate change; ways that particular organisms are responding to climate change; conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more.

"This book will be a milestone in the emerging discipline of climate change biology. No issue is more important for the global environment; the impressive line-up of experts here gives it definitive coverage."―Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University   

"A well-written treatise on the past, present, and future effects of climate change on plant and animal biodiversity. . . . It is destined to become a classic."―Choice 

About this title

Book Description:

Leading researchers discuss what is now known about past climate changes in different areas of the world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate change; ways that particular organisms are responding to climate change; conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more.

About the Author:

Thomas E. Lovejoy is president of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. He coedited the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Global Warming and Biological Diversity, published in 1992. Lee Hannah is senior climate change biologist, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0300119801
• ISBN 13: 9780300119800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418
• Editor: Lovejoy Thomas E., Hannah Lee