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Past and Future Rapid Environmental Changes

The Spatial and Evolutionary Responses of Terrestrial Biota

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Brian Huntley

    1. Environmental Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

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  2. Wolfgang Cramer

    1. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

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  3. Alan V. Morgan

    1. Quaternary Sciences Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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  4. Honor C. Prentice

    1. Department of Systematic Botany, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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  5. Judy R. M. Allen

    1. Environmental Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 47)

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Table of contents (37 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Brian Huntley, Wolfgang Cramer, Alan V. Morgan, Honor C. Prentice, Judy R. M. Allen
      Pages 1-8

  3. Past environmental changes — the late Quaternary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Past environmental changes: Characteristic features of Quaternary climate variations

      • Patrick J. Bartlein
      Pages 11-29

    3. Modelling late-Quaternary palaeoclimates and palaeobiomes

      • Nathalie de Noblet
      Pages 31-52

  4. Spatial response to past changes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Spatial response of plant taxa to climate change: A palaeoecological perspective

      • Thompson Webb III
      Pages 55-72

    3. The response of New Zealand forest diversity to Quaternary climates

      • Matt S. McGlone
      Pages 73-80

    4. Character of rapid vegetation and climate change during the late-glacial in southernmost South America

      • Vera Markgraf, Ray Kenny
      Pages 81-90

    5. Holocene tree migration rates objectively determined from fossil pollen data

      • George A. King, Andrew A. Herstrom
      Pages 91-101

    6. Flora and vegetation of the Quaternary temperate stages of NW Europe:Evidence for large-scale range changes

      • Peter Coxon, Stephen Waldren
      Pages 103-117

    7. The response of beetles to Quaternary climate changes

      • Allan C. Ashworth
      Pages 119-127

    8. Fossil Coleoptera assemblages in the Great Lakes region of North America: Past changes and future prospects

      • Alan V. Morgan
      Pages 129-142

    9. The response of Coleoptera to late-Quaternary climate changes:Evidence from north-east France

      • Philippe Ponel
      Pages 143-151

    10. The spatial response of mammals to Quaternary climate changes

      • Russell W. Graham
      Pages 153-162

    11. The spatial response of non-marine Mollusca to past climate changes

      • Richard C. Preece
      Pages 163-177

  5. Mechanisms enabling spatial responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Reinterpreting the fossil pollen record of Holocene tree migration

      • Margaret B. Davis, Shinya Sugita
      Pages 181-193

    3. Mechanisms of vegetation response to climate change

      • Philip Grime
      Pages 195-204

    4. Plant invasions:Early and continuing expressions of global change

      • Richard N. Mack
      Pages 205-216
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About this book

Numerous experts including ecologists, geneticists, paleontologists and climatologists, investigate the response of terrestrial organisms to changes in their environment. The volume comprises an introductory and a final chapter by the editors as well as another 35 contributions. These are divided into six sections: 1. past environmental changes - the late-Quaternary; 2. spatial responses to past changes; 3. mechanisms enabling spatial responses; 4. evolutionary responses to past changes; 5. mechanisms enabling evolutionary responses; 6. predicted future environmental changes and simulated responses. The overwhelming and unanimous conclusion of all contributors is that forecasted global environmental changes pose a severe threat to the integrity of ecosystems worldwide and to the survival of at least some species.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Environmental Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

    Brian Huntley, Judy R. M. Allen

  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

    Wolfgang Cramer

  • Quaternary Sciences Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Alan V. Morgan

  • Department of Systematic Botany, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Honor C. Prentice

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Past and Future Rapid Environmental Changes

  • Book Subtitle: The Spatial and Evolutionary Responses of Terrestrial Biota

  • Editors: Brian Huntley, Wolfgang Cramer, Alan V. Morgan, Honor C. Prentice, Judy R. M. Allen

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries I:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60599-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64471-9Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60599-4Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7125

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 523

  • Topics: Ecology, Atmospheric Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation

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