Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change [Paperback]

Reviewed here is the current state of knowledge concerning the relationship between global change and biodiversity of temperate ecosystems. The aim is to improve the ability to conserve biodiversity under conditions of global change.
The book focuses on:
- The threats posed by global change to biodiversity in temperate ecosystems; - Levels and spatial patterns of diversity in temperate ecosystems; - The impact of global change on genetic diversity; - The effects of disturbance (natural and anthropogenic) on temperate ecosystems; - Existing research priorities and programmes.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems and Global Change, held at Montebello, Canada, August 15 - 19, 1993Reviewed here is the current state of knowledge concerning the relationship between global change and biodiversity of temperate ecosystems. The aim is to improve the ability to conserve biodiversity under conditions of global change.
The book focuses on:
- The threats posed by global change to biodiversity in temperate ecosystems; - Levels and spatial patterns of diversity in temperate ecosystems; - The impact of global change on genetic diversity; - The effects of disturbance (natural and anthropogenic) on temperate ecosystems; - Existing research priorities and programmes.Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems and Global Change: Introduction to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop.- 1: Conservation strategies in the face of global change.- 2: Social factors as driving forces: towards interdisciplinary models of global change.- 3: The natural impermanency of most temperate wetlands.- 4: Predicting the fate of temperate species in response to human disturbance and global change.- 5: Ground beetles in a changing environment: determinants of species diversity and community assembly.- 6: Fungal species diversity and forest ecosystem functioning in the Netherlands.- 7: Effects of former land use on plant species divels(