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Antarctic Communities

Conservation of biodiversity is best achieved through the management of natural communities, but progress in increasing our understanding of communities remains slow. The study of Antarctic communities can provide a valuable step forward in investigating the control of community development, the utilisation of habitats and the interaction between species in both species-rich and species-poor communities.

This book contains chapters characterising the current approaches to both aquatic and terrestrial communities in the Antarctic. From biodiversity to trophic flows, from ecophysiological strategies to the impacts of environmental change and the effects of human disturbance, this volume provides an up-to-the-minute overview of community studies in an area covering ten per cent of the Earth's surface.

First published in 1997.

Contents

Part I. Biodiversity; Part II. Community Structure and Function; Part III. Survival Mechanisms; Part IV. Adaptive Mechanisms; Part V. Human Impact and Environmental Change; Introduction; 47. Climatic change and the recent climatic record W. Karlen; 48. Ecological variability in Antarctic coastal environments; Part VI. Postscript.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	CUP/ Cambridge University Press
Pm Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pm Isbn 10	052111179X
Pm Isbn 13	9780521111799
Pm Publication Date	2009-06-11
Pm Width	215
Pm Height	30
Pm Author	Battaglia, B, Valencia, J, Walton, D
Pm Longness	306

Species, Structure and Survival
Key Info: Figs, tabs
Author: Battaglia, B, Valencia, J, Walton, D
Page Count: 484
Publication Date: 2009-06-11