How Is climate change affecting polar bears and giant pandas?
dc.contributor.author | Songer, Melissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Atwood, Todd C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Douglas, David C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Qiongyu | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Renqiang | |
dc.contributor.author | Pilfold, Nicholas W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, Ming | |
dc.contributor.author | Durner, George M. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Melletti, Mario | |
dc.contributor.editor | Penteriani, Vincenzo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-23T19:19:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-23T19:19:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-108-58861-4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/812 | |
dc.description.abstract | Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of climate change and an estimated increase of 3.7 to 4.8 °C is predicted by the year 2100 if emissions continue at current levels. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) provide an interesting comparison study of the impact of climate change on bear species…. | |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bears-of-the-world/how-is-climate-change-affecting-polar-bears-and-giant-pandas/EA47515A9BAE4A4533892274CFD9CABD | |
dc.rights | Copyright Cambridge University Press | |
dc.subject | POLAR BEARS | |
dc.subject | GIANT PANDAS | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE | |
dc.subject | POLLUTION | |
dc.title | How Is climate change affecting polar bears and giant pandas? | |
dc.type | Book Chapter | |
dc.source.booktitle | Bears of the World: Ecology, Conservation and Management | |
dc.source.beginpage | 303 | |
dc.source.endpage | 316 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020 | |
html.description.abstract | Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of climate change and an estimated increase of 3.7 to 4.8 °C is predicted by the year 2100 if emissions continue at current levels. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) provide an interesting comparison study of the impact of climate change on bear species…. | |
dc.publisher.location | Cambridge |
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