| Author | : David E. Anderson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 391 |
| Release | : 2007-01-25 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0198742266 |
Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which man has inhabited the Earth. It is essential reading for any students seeking a balanced, objective overview of this truly interdisciplinary subject.
| Author | : David Anderson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 423 |
| Release | : 2013-02-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0199697264 |
This book delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which humans have inhabited the Earth, and conveys the relevance of the study of this period to current environmental and climatic concerns.
| Author | : Alastair G. Dawson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2013-06-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1135853568 |
Ice Age Earth provides the first detailed review of global environmental change in the Late Quaternary. Significant geological and climatic events are analysed within a review of glacial and periglacial history. The melting history of the last ice sheets reveals that complex, dynamic and catastrophic change occurred, change which affected the circulation of the atmosphere and oceans and the stability of the Earth's crust.
| Author | : Martin Bell |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2014-07-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1317904796 |
Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.
| Author | : Colin V. Murray-Wallace |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 503 |
| Release | : 2014-01-30 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0521820839 |
An important overview of Quaternary climates including detailed Pleistocene and Holocene sea-level changes, for researchers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
| Author | : J.J. Lowe |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 997 |
| Release | : 2014-07-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1317894499 |
Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication.
| Author | : Hazel R. Delcourt |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1991-07-31 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : |
The increasing interest during recent years in vegetation history, long-term climatic changes and the development of biotic communities has resulted in a growth of the literature in this field and has provided an incentive for scientists to use palaeo-ecology concepts to clarify contemporary ecological issues. Quaternary ecology offers the perspective of time, in using natural experiments of the past to evaluate the responses of population, communities and ecosystems to climatic and environmental changes on a time scale extending back over the past two million years of the quaternary period. Examples from the palaeo-ecological literature demonstrate how quaternary ecology interfaces with other branches of ecology, including plant demography, ecological genetics, limnology and landscape ecology.
| Author | : Stephen Young |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 491 |
| Release | : 2012-02-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9533078154 |
Environmental change is increasingly considered a critical topic for researchers across multiple disciplines, as well as policy makers throughout the world. Mounting evidence shows that environments in every part of the globe are undergoing tremendous human-induced change. Population growth, urbanization and the expansion of the global economy are putting increasing pressure on ecosystems around the planet. To understand the causes and consequences of environmental change, the contributors to this book employ spatial and non-spatial data, diverse theoretical perspectives and cutting edge research tools such as GIS, remote sensing and other relevant technologies. International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change brings together research from around the world to explore the complexities of contemporary, and historical environmental change. As an InTech open source publication current and cutting edge research methodologies and research results are quickly published for the academic policy-making communities. Dimensions of environmental change explored in this volume include: Climate change Historical environmental change Biological responses to environmental change Land use and land cover change Policy and management for environmental change
| Author | : Valentí Rull |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2020-03-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128204737 |
Quaternary Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography offers an introduction to the study of the ecological and evolutionary processes that have shaped our present biosphere under the influence of glacial-interglacial cycles. Written by an ecologist with paleoecological expertise, this book reviews the climactic changes that have occurred during the last 2.6 million years, along with the responses of organisms and ecosystems. It offers an understanding of the evolutionary origin of extant biodiversity, its biogeographical patterns, and the composition of modern ecological communities. In addition, it explores human evolution and the influence of our activities on the biosphere, especially in the last millennia.This book offers the latest information on how studying the past can contribute to our understanding of present climate issues for a better future, and is an ideal resource for researchers and students in the natural sciences.
