Biodiversity Loss in a Changing Planet

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InTech. 2011. 328 p.Every ecosystem is a complex organization of carefully mixed life forms; a dynamic and particularly sensible system. Consequently, their progressive decline may accelerate climate change and vice versa, influencing flora and fauna composition and distribution, resulting in the loss of biodiversity. Climate changes effects are the principal topics of this volume. Written by internationally renowned contributors, Biodiversity loss in a changing planet offers attractive study cases focused on biodiversity evaluations and provisions in several different ecosystems, analysing the current life condition of many life forms, and covering very different biogeographic zones of the planet.ContentsClimate Change: Wildfire Impact Assessing Loss of Biodiversity in Europe Through Remote Sensing: The Necessity of New Methodologies Biodiversity Stability of Shallow Marine Benthos in Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada Through Climate Regimes, Overfishing and Ocean Acidification Coral Reef Biodiversity in the Face of Climatic Changes Biogeography of Platberg, Eastern Free State, South Africa: Links with Afromontane Regions and South African Biomes Biodiversity Loss in Freshwater Mussels: Importance, Threats, and Solutions Effects of Climate Change in Amphibians and Reptiles Identification and Analysis of Burned Areas in Ecological Stations of Brazilian Cerrado Provision of Natural Habitat for Biodiversity: Quantifying Recent Trends in New Zealand Limited Bio-Diversity and Other Defects of the Immune System in the Inhabitants of the Islands of St Kilda, Scotland Native Tree Species Regeneration and Diversity in the Mountain Cloud Forests of East Africa Destruction of the Forest Habitat in the Tatra National Park, Slovakia Modern Methods of Estimating Biodiversity from Presence-Absence Surveys Isolation and Identification of Indigenous Microorganisms of Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire and Assessment of Their Antagonistic Effects Vis-À-Vis Phytophthora palmivora, the Causal Agent of the Black Pod Disease