Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change

Klappentext blah blah * Provides researchers with ground-breaking data on how to predict the terrestrial ecosystems response to the ongoing rapid alterations * Reveals how ecosystems have responded to environmental and biotic fluctuations in the past * Includes examples from research by a wide range of biological and physical scientists who are using isotopic records to both detect and interpret environmental change Zusammenfassung The 20th century has experienced environmental changes that appear to be unprecedented in their rate and magnitude during the Earth's history. This title brings together a range of perspectives and data that speak directly to the issues of ecological change using stable isotope tracers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Ecological isotope archives; Section 2: Plant-based isotope data as indicators of ecological change; Section 3: Animal-based isotope data as indicators of ecological change; Section 4: Isotope composition of trace gasses, sediments and biomarkers as recorders of change; Section 5: Humans, isotopes and ecological change; Section 6: New challenges and frontiers: biodiversity, ecological change and stable isotope networks.

Product details

• Authors: Todd E Dawson, Todd E. Dawson
• Assisted by: Todd E. Dawson (Editor), Rolf T. W. Siegwolf (Editor)
• Publisher: Academic Press London
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780123736277
• ISBN: 978-0-12-373627-7
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 268 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Terrestrial Ecology; Terrestrial Ecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, Energy technology & engineering, Energy technology and engineering