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1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction |
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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| Contents |
""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 � SOIL � VEGETATION RELATIONSHIPS""; ""VEGETATION OF EGYPT'S DESERTS ""; ""A. Vegetation Forms ""; ""1. Accidental Vegetation � Form ""; ""2. Ephemeral Vegetation Form ""; ""3. Perennial Vegetation Form "" |
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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 |
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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 |
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""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 EGYPT�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 "" |
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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 |
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Includes bibliographical reference and index |
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Print version record |
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Climate change mitigation.
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Climatic changes
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climate change.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Climate change mitigation
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Climatic changes
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Jenkins, Adam
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| LC no. |
2010041353 |
| ISBN |
9781612094779 |
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1612094775 |
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