Antarctic biology in a global context
Subtitle: proceedings of the VIIIth SCAR International Biology Symposium, 27 August - 1 September 2001, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
By: editors, Ad H.L. Huiskes ... [et al.].
Contributors: Huiskes, A. H. L.; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.
Publisher: Backhuys Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Bioclimatology -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Animal ecology -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Biogeography -- Climatic factors -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Antarctica -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Proceedings of the VIIIth SCAR International Biology Symposium, 27 August - 1 September 2001, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: The role of Antarctica in global patterns and processes; value: Climate change and increases in UV-B: impacts and responses; value: Adaptation and evolution in extreme environments; value: Antarctic and Arctic ecosystems, poles apart?; value: Biogeography and biodiversity in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic systems; value: Antarctic research, human impacts and environmental policy; value: Outlook.