Global Biodiversity in a Changing Enviroment: Scenarios for the 21st Century

This book presents the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the earth’s major terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems in the twenty-first century. The editors combine physical science and conservation biology, assessing the response of biodiversity to variations in land use, climate, the oceans, and the chemistry of the air we breathe. Future Scenarios of Global Biodiversity will be of interest to all those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.