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Climate change adaptation : ecology, mitigation, and management /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jenkins, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.
Colección:Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: ECOLOGY, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT ""; ""CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: ECOLOGY, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""CLIMATE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETATION IN EGYPT'S DESERTS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""GEOMORPHOLOGY OF EGYPT""; ""CLIMATE OF EGYPT ""; ""A. In the Past ""; ""B. At Present ""; ""CLIMATE â€? SOIL â€? VEGETATION RELATIONSHIPS""; ""VEGETATION OF EGYPT'S DESERTS ""; ""A. Vegetation Forms ""; ""1. Accidental Vegetation â€? Form ""; ""2. Ephemeral Vegetation Form ""; ""3. Perennial Vegetation Form ""
  • B. Vegetation Types I. Mangrove Vegetation
  • II. Reed Swamp Vegetation
  • III. Salt Marsh Vegetation
  • 1-3. Halocnemum Strobilaceum, Arthrocnemum Macrostachyum and Salicornia Fruticosa Community Types
  • 4. Halopeplis Perfoliata Community Type
  • 5. Inula Crithmoides Community Type
  • 6-8. Suaeda Fruticosa, S. Pruinosa and S. Vermiculata Community Types
  • 9. Limonium Pruinosum Community Type
  • 10. Limonium Axillare Community Type
  • 11. Zygophyllum Album Community Type
  • 12. Salsola Tetrandra Community Type
  • 13. Halimione Portulacoides Community Type 14. Limoniastrum Monopetalum Community Type
  • 15. Cressa Cretica Community Type
  • 16. Frankenia Revoluta Community Type
  • 17-18. Aeluropus Spp. Community Types
  • 19. Sporobolus Spicatus Community Type
  • 20. Sporobolus Virginicus Community Type
  • 21. Juncus Rigidus Community Type
  • 22. Juncus Acutus Community Type
  • 23-24. Nitraria Retusa and Suaeda Monoica Community Types
  • 25-26. Tamarix Mannifera and T. Passerinoides Community Types
  • V. Sand Dune Vegetation
  • VI. Vegetation of the Rocky Ridges
  • ""VII. Vegetation of the Desert Wadis """"VIII. Vegetation of The Montane Country ""; ""A. Red Sea and Sinai Mountains ""; ""9. Species of the Nakkat Habitat ""; ""B. Gebel Uwienat (Western Desert) ""; ""ZONATION OF VEGETATION IN EGYPTâ€?S DESERTS ""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF RUSSIA ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""Mid-Annual Temperature ""; ""Monthly Average Temperature ""; ""Atmospheric Precipitation ""; ""Sunshine Duration ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""REFERENCES ""
  • TOWARDS ADAPTATION MEASURES IN PROTECTING MANGROVES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SUSTAINABILITY OF MANGROVE FORESTS
  • THE RISE AND FALL OF MANGROVES WITH SEA LEVEL CHANGES
  • THE RESPONSE OF MANGROVE FORESTS TO OTHER PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGES
  • Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
  • Temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Storms
  • Ocean Acidification
  • THE STATUS OF MANGROVES
  • ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES
  • THE WAY FORWARD
  • THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES