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Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
. Ed(S): Moreno, Jose Manuel; Oechel, Walter C.
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Description for Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
Paperback. Editor(s): Moreno, Jose Manuel; Oechel, Walter C. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 831.
Regions with Mediterranean-type climates include parts of California, South America, Australia, and of course, Europe. The effect of global climate change on these heavily populated areas will have major social and political ramifications.
This volume addresses issues in these areas, from processes at the leaf level to the individual, ecosystem, and landscape levels. This book will serve to raise awareness on the significance of these types of ecosystems, and on their sensitivity to the threat that global change represents.
Regions with Mediterranean-type climates include parts of California, South America, Australia, and of course, Europe. The effect of global climate change on these heavily populated areas will have major social and political ramifications.
This volume addresses issues in these areas, from processes at the leaf level to the individual, ecosystem, and landscape levels. This book will serve to raise awareness on the significance of these types of ecosystems, and on their sensitivity to the threat that global change represents.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Series
Ecological Studies
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461286905
SKU
V9781461286905
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Reviews for Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
"...with extensive up-to-date reference lists and a very complete index, here we have an excellent book with a very high standard of contributions, a key work for the whole of Mediterranean studies and global change research." The Holocene