ISBN: 9780199569748 - effects of climate change on birds (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No jacket issued. 1st Edition. Book - fine. Hardback. Oxford Biology series.

reprint).Octavo, laminated boards,321 pp.,colour and black and white maps. Climate change has always affected living organisms; however, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems. This volume provides an exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series (some dating back more than 100 years), a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, and a longer tradition of extensive research. In fact this research record exceeds what is available in all other organisms combined.…