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Climate Change and Biodiversity » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Climate Change and Biodiversity by Thomas E. Lovejoy

Authors: Thomas E. Lovejoy (Editor), Lee Hannah
ISBN-13: 9780300119800, ISBN-10: 0300119801
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: August 2006
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Thomas E. Lovejoy

Thomas E. Lovejoy is president of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. He coedited the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Global Warming and Biological Diversity, published in 1992. Lee Hannah is senior climate change biologist, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International.

Book Synopsis

Leading researchers discuss what is now known about past climate changes in different areas of the world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate change; ways that particular organisms are responding to climate change; conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more.

1	Biodiversity and climate change in context	3
2	What is climate change?	15
3	Recent climate trends	31
4	Biotic response : range and abundance changes	41
	Case study : detection at multiple levels : Euphydryas editha and climate change	56
5	Present and future phenological changes in wild plants and animals	61
	Case study : responses of natural communities to climate change in a highland tropical forest	70
6	Recent evolutionary effects of climate change	75
7	A "paleoperspective" on climate variability and change	91
8	North temperate responses	109
9	Tropical biotic responses to climate change	125
	Case study : a record of change from the high plain of Bogota	138
10	Southern temperate ecosystem responses	142
	Case study : microrefugia and macroecology	157
11	Responses of marine species and ecosystems to past climate change	160
12	Genetic and evolutionary impacts of climate change	176
	Case study : phylogeny and distribution of fishes of the Characidium lauroi group as indicators of climate change in Southeastern Brazil	193
13	Climate change projections and models	199
14	Modeling distributional shifts of individual species and biomes	211
	Case study : modeling species range shifts in two biodiversity hotspots	229
15	Dynamic ecosystem and earth system models	232
	Case study : migration of vegetation types in a greenhouse world	252
16	Climate change and marine ecosystems	256
17	Climate change and freshwater ecosystems	274
	Case study : climate change impacts on soil biodiversity in a grassland ecosystem	291
18	Synergistic effects	296
	Case study : avian malaria, climate change, and native birds of Hawaii	317
19	Conservation with a changing climate	325
20	Designing landscapes and seascapes for change	329
	Case study : integrating climate change into Canada's national park system	342
21	Managing the matrix	346
	Case study : managing for future change on the Albemarle Sound	359
22	Protected areas management in a changing climate	363
23	Emissions reductions and alternative futures	375
24	Global greenhouse gas levels and the future of biodiversity	387