Winged Sentinels - Birds and Climate Change

Informationen zum Autor Janice Wormworth is a freelance science writer. Çagan H. Sekercioglu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Utah. Klappentext A fascinating insight into what climate change means for birds, and the consequences of ignoring the warning signs provided by them. Zusammenfassung From ice-dependent penguins of Antarctica to songbirds migrating across the Sahara! birds' responses provide early warning signs of the impact of climate change. Illustrated with colour photographs! the book is a fascinating insight into what climate change means for birds! and the potential consequences of ignoring these warning signs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Phenology: seasonal timing and mismatch; 2. Migratory birds face climate turbulence; 3. Range shifts and reshuffled communities; 4. Seabirds herald ocean changes; 5. Climate change, abundance and extinction; 6. Tropical warming and habitat islands; 7. Shifting ground on conversation.

Product details

• Authors: Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Cagan H. (University of Utah) Sekercioglu, Sekercioglu Cagan H., Janice Wormworth, Janice Sekercioglu Wormworth, Wormworth Janice
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521126823
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12682-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; NATURE / Ecology, Zoology: birds (ornithology), The environment, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning