Download or read book Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems written by Walter C. Oechel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The chapters in this volume address current and anticipated impacts of global climate change on Arctic organisms, populations, ecosystem structure and function, biological diversity, and the atmosphere.