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Author Barnosky, Anthony D.

Title Heatstroke : nature in an age of global warming / Anthony D. Barnosky.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2009]
©2009
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  577.22 BARNOSKY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  577.2 BAR    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Summary Renowned paleoecologist Barnosky shows how global warming is fundamentally changing the natural world and its creatures. Plants and animals that have followed the same rhythms for millennia are suddenly being confronted with a world they're unprepared for--and adaptation usually isn't an option.--From publisher description.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-258) and index.
Contents The heat is on -- Behind nature's heartbeat -- On our watch -- Witnessing extinction -- No place to run to -- California dreaming -- Disturbance in Yellowstone -- Mountain time in Colorado -- Africa on the edge -- Disappearing act -- Losing the parts -- Skeleton crew -- Bad company -- Geography of hope.
Subject Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Global warming.
ISBN 9781597261975 cloth alkaline paper
1597261971 cloth alkaline paper
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