Product Description
Climate change has moved from a contested phenomenon to the top of the agenda at global summits.
Climate Change Biologyis the first major textbook to address the critical issue of how climate change may affect life on the planet, and particularly its impact on human populations. Presented in three parts, the first deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and various modelling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then addressed from the individual's physiology to populations and ecosystems, and further to considering adaptation and evolution. The final section examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, particularly as these relate to human livelihood.
This volume will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on impacts of climate change, as well as providing a succinct overview for researchers new to the field.
About the Author
Jonathan A. Newman is at the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
Ze'ev Gedalof teaches in the Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada.
Shelley L. Hunt is in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
Madhur Anand teaches in Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada.
Hugh A. L. Henry teaches in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
