Ecological Consequences of Climate Change

Mechanisms, Conservation, and Management
Herausgeber: Beever, Erik A; Belant, Jerrold L

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Produktbeschreibung

Using real-world examples from diverse taxa and ecosystems, this book presents research on rapid shifts in temperature and precipitation and explains how these shifts can alter the biotic landscape. It highlights general trends expected in wildlife and ecological responses and the exceptions and contingencies that may mediate those responses. Topics include description and quantification of how aspects of climate have recently changed, and may change in the future; species-level and higher-order ecological responses to climate change and variability; approaches to monitor and interpret ecological effects of climatic variability; and conservation and management efforts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781420087208
• ISBN-10: 1420087207
• Artikelnr.: 36819065

Autorenporträt

Dr. Erik Beever received his BS in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis, in 1993 and his PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno, in December 1999. He has published over 50 articles in diverse scientific journals and in numerous subdisciplines of biology. He has performed field research on plants, soils, amphibians, birds, reptiles, fishes, and insects, as well as small, medium, and large mammals. He is a member of the IUCN Protected Areas Specialist Group, the IUCN Lagomorph Specialist Group, as well as The Wildlife Society, the Society for Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Sigma Xi, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Dr. Jerrold Belant is Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management and Director of the Carnivore Ecology Laboratory at Mississippi State University. He received his PhD degree from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Dr. Belant has authored over 100 publications in wildlife ecology, conservation, and management. He is the Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Small Carnivore Specialist Group and a member of the International Federation of Mammalogists. Dr. Belant is also Editor of Small Carnivore Conservation and Associate Editor for Ursus, Natural Areas Journal, and Latin American Journal of Conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

THE BASIS OF RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE: CLIMATE-SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS: Western
Climate Change. SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-SPECIES RELATIONSHIPS TO CLIMATE
CHANGE: Amphibian Population Declines and Climate Change. Minimizing
Uncertainty in Interpreting Responses of Butterflies to Climate Change.
Advances, Limitations, and Synergies in Predicting Changes in Species'
Distribution and Abundance under Contemporary Climate Change. Mammalian
Distributional Responses to Climatic Changes: A Review and Research
Prospectus. HIGHER-LEVEL ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS TO CLIMATE CHANGE:
Effects of Climate Change on the Elevational Limits of Species Ranges.
Climate Change and Sandy Beach Ecosystems. Response of Western Mountain
Ecosystems to Climatic Variability and Change: A Collaborative Research
Approach. MONITORING ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE:
Precipitation Climatology at Selected LTER Sites: Regionalization and
Dominant Circulation Patterns. Dealing with Uncertainty: Managing and
Monitoring Canada's Northern National Parks in a Rapidly Changing World.
CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE FACE OF RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE: Ensuring That
Protected Areas Play an Effective Role in Mitigating Climate Change.
Resource Managers Rise to the Challenge of Climate Change. CONCLUSIONS AND
FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS: Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Synthesis
and Research Needs. Index.