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UNINA9910284951003321 |
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Titolo |
Temperature adaptation in a changing climate : nature at risk / / edited by Kenneth B. Storey and Karen K. Tanino |
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Wallingford ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CAB International, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-42585-8 |
9786613425850 |
1-84593-935-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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CABI climate change series ; ; 3 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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StoreyK. B (Kenneth B.) |
TaninoKaren K |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Adaptation (Biology) |
Biodiversity - Climatic factors |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction: Nature at Risk; 2. Temperature Perception and Signal Transduction - Mechanisms Across Multiple Organisms; 3. Microorganisms and Plants: a Photosynthetic Perspective; 4. Insects; 5. Temperature Adaptation in Changing Climate: Marine Fish and Invertebrates; 6. Fish: Freshwater Ecosystems; 7. Strategies of Molecular Adaptation to Climate Change: The Challenges for Amphibians and Reptiles; 8. The Relationship between Climate Warming and Hibernation in Mammals; 9. On Thin Ice: Marine Mammals and Climate Change; 10. Climate Change and Plant Diseases |
11. Trees and Boreal Forests12. The Paradoxical Increase in Freezing Injury in a Warming Climate: Frost as a Driver of Change in Cold Climate Vegetation; 13. Annual Field Crops; 14. Perennial Field Crops; 15. The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Temperate Zone Woody Perennial Crops; 16. Conclusion: Temperature Adaptation Across Organisms; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Temperature adaptation is a much neglected field in the minds of climate change researchers and policy makers. However, increasing fluctuations in temperature means that the risk of cold and heat stress |
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