Changing Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A North American Perspective

by Guy R. McPherson

By the beginning of the twenty-first century, few people could deny the reality of global change. But while most alarm has been over increasing temperatures, other changes are occurring in precipitation patterns--variations that may be due in part to global warming but also to factors such as changes in atmospheric circulation and land surfaces.

This volume provides a central source of information about this newly emerging area of global...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816522472
• ISBN13: 9780816522477
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.7"