`Fingerprints' of Climate Change - Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges
Contributors: G.-R. Walther (Editor); Conradin A. Burga (Editor); P.J. Edwards (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780306467165
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Pollution & threats to the environment; Biogeography; Climate Changes; Science; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Climatic factors; Congresses; Environmental aspects; Global temperature changes
First sentence: Since 1856, the global mean temperature has warmed by a mean of 0.6 0.2 C; regional temperature changes have varied, ranging from increases of greater than 0.6 C to cooling in some regions (IPCC 2001a).