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UNINA9910461499603321 |
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Titolo |
Saving a million species [[electronic resource] ] : extinction risk from climate change / / edited by Lee Hannah |
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (433 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes |
Global warming |
Extinction (Biology) - Environmental aspects |
Electronic books. |
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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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pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Refining first estimates -- pt. III. Current extinctions -- pt. IV. Evidence from the past -- pt. V. Predicting future extinctions -- pt. VI. Conservation implications. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal Nature in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both the popular imagination and the attention of policy-makers, and provoked an unprecedented round of scientific critique. _ Saving a Million Species reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesize the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications. The book: *examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media *and policy impact of this unique study *presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past *explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record *sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change *considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates. Saving a Million Species offers a clear |
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explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policy-makers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity take on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change-the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared"-- |
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