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Title: |
Tundras |
| Sub-title: |
Vegetation, Wildlife & Climate Trends |
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| Edited by: |
Beltran Gutierrez, Cristos Pena |
| ISBN10-13: |
1608765881 : 9781608765881 |
| Illustrations: |
b/w photos, tables & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
155x230mm |
| Pages: |
205 |
| Weight: |
.454 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - July 2010 |
| List Price: |
154.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Conservation of the environment : Arctic regions |
| Tundra ecosystems are seriously affected by global climate change. Understanding tundra history and post-glacial development may enhance the ability of biologists to anticipate biotic responses to current environmental changes. In this book, the authors analyse changes which have occurred in a vegetative cover and aboveground fauna of vertebrates at Yamal peninsula, one of the greatest plains on the globe. The authors also evaluate pedogenetic processes, soil nutrient status and plant distribution along an elevation gradient in the alpine tundra in the western Italian Alps. In addition, treeline ecotone is a belt of transition from forest vegetation to a non-forest one, which allow the monitoring of climate change. In this book, carbon deposition on the forests of two treeline ecotones is studied. Some of the current emerging theories, models and recent empirical evidence for the dynamics of these reciprocal interactions between climate and terrestrial microbial communities are also reviewed, with particular attention to biogeochemical and ecological perspectives. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; The Change of Tundra Biotaatyamal Peninsula (The North of the Western Siberia, Russia) in Connection with Anthropogenic & Climatic Shifts; The Reciprocal Relationships between High Latitude Climate Changes & the Ecology of Terrestrial Microbiota: Emerging Theories, Models, & Empirical Evidence, Especially Related to Global Warming; Soil & Plant Characteristics in the Alpine Tundra (NW Italy); Modern Climate Trends & Possible Changing of Arctic Coastal Zone (Russian Sector); Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau was a CO2 Sink in Peak Growing Season Revealed by Keeling Plot Method; Tundras & Climate Change: A Mammalian Perspective; Carbon Deposition on the Forests of Some Treeline Ecotones of the Ural Federal District; Genetic Diversity & Population Structure of Alpine Plants Endemic to Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with Implications for Conservation under Global Warming; Index. |
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