Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change

✍ Scribed by T. J. B. Boyle (auth.), Timothy J. B. Boyle, Christopher E. B. Boyle (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 454
• Series: NATO ASI Series 20
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change: Introduction to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop....Pages 1-7
Conservation strategies in the face of Global Change....Pages 9-18
Social factors as driving forces: Towards interdisciplinary models of global change....Pages 19-52
The Natural Impermanency of Most Temperate Wetlands....Pages 53-60
Predicting the Fate of Temperate Species in Response to Human Disturbance and Global Change....Pages 61-76
Ground beetles in a changing environment: determinants of species diversity and community assembly....Pages 77-98
Fungal Species Diversity and Forest Ecosystem Functioning in The Netherlands....Pages 99-122
Effects of former land use on plant species diversity and pattern in European deciduous woodlands....Pages 123-144
Impact of Global Change on Genetic Diversity of Temperate Ecosystems....Pages 145-156
Strategies for conserving genetic diversity in the face of global change....Pages 157-182
The genetic response of plant populations to a changing environment: the case for non-Mendelian processes....Pages 183-199
The Effects of Natural Disturbance on Plant Communities in Temperate Ecosystems....Pages 201-216
Ecological Processes Linking Forest Structure and Avian Diversity in Western Oregon....Pages 217-245
Fire and Diversity in Canadian Ecosystems....Pages 247-263
Consequences of a 150 years’ history of human disturbances in some forest ecosystems....Pages 265-289
Soil arthropods for faunal indices in assessing changes in natural value resulting from human disturbances....Pages 291-313
Changes in the Species Diversity of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Following Disturbances....Pages 315-335
Biodiversity of the Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands): recent changes and future projections....Pages 337-355
Interactions between tree species and their effects on nitrogen and phosphorus transformations in the forest floor....Pages 357-370
A Research Agenda for Global Change in Finland: Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity....Pages 371-387
Biodiversity, Global Change and forest management: a Québec perspective....Pages 389-398
Research Needs and Opportunities: the Response of Forest Biodiversity to Global Change....Pages 399-416
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Identifying an Economic Research Agenda....Pages 417-428
Chapter 23: Biodiversity Research Needs and Opportunities, the Role of International Scientific Organisations: the Diversitas Example....Pages 429-440
Conclusions, and a Research Agenda for Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change....Pages 441-447
Back Matter....Pages 449-458

✦ Subjects

Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Plant Sciences; Zoology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Nature Conservation