Call number:
PIK N 531-11-0384
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: 1 Cretaceous and Tertiary climate change and the past distribution of megathermal rainforests ; 2 Andean montane forests and climate change ; 3 Climate and vegetation change in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin ; 4 The Quaternary history of Far Eastern rainforests ; 5 Rainforest responses to past climatic changes in tropical Africa ; 6 Prehistoric human occupation and impacts on neotropical forest landscapes during the Late Pleistocene and Early/Middle Holocene ; 7 The past, present, and future importance of fire in tropical rainforests ; 8 Ultraviolet insolation and the tropical rainforest: Altitudinal variations, Quaternary and recent change, extinctions, and the evolution of biodiversity ; 9 Climate change in the Amazon Basin: Tipping points, changes in extremes, and impacts on natural and human systems ; 10 Plant species diversity in Amazonian forests ; 11 Biogeochemical cycling in tropical forests ; 12 The response of South American tropical forests to recent atmospheric changes ; 13 Ecophysiological response of lowland tropical plants to Pleistocene climate ; 14 Tropical environmental dynamics: A modeling perspective ; 15 Modeling future effects of climate change on tropical forests ; 16 Conservation, climate change, and tropical forests ; Taxonomic index
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XXXIV, 454 S. : Ill. graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
2. ed.
ISBN:
9783642053825
Series Statement:
Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
