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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457775103321

Titolo

Ecological consequences of climate change : mechanisms, conservation, and management / / edited by Erik A. Beever and Jerrold L. Belant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-14775-9

1-283-34984-1

9786613349842

1-4200-8722-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BeeverErik A (Erik Alan)

BelantJerrold L

Disciplina

577.2/2

Soggetti

Bioclimatology

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects

Ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Cover Photo Credits; Chapter 1: Western Climate Change; Chapter 2: Amphibian Population Declines and Climate Change; Chapter 3: Minimizing Uncertainty in Interpreting Responses of Butterflies to Climate Change; Chapter 4: Advances, Limitations, and Synergies in Predicting Changes in Species' Distribution and Abundance under Contemporary Climate Change; Chapter 5: Mammalian Distributional Responses to Climatic Changes: A Review and Research Prospectus

Chapter 6: Effects of Climate Change on the Elevational Limits of Species RangesChapter 7: Climate Change and Sandy Beach Ecosystems; Chapter 8: Response of Western Mountain Ecosystems to Climatic Variability and Change:: A Collaborative Research Approach; Chapter 9: Precipitation Climatology at Selected LTER Sites:: Regionalization and Dominant Circulation Patterns; Chapter 10: Dealing with Uncertainty:: Managing and Monitoring Canada's Northern National



Parks in a Rapidly Changing World; Chapter 11: Ensuring That Protected Areas Play an Effective Role in Mitigating Climate Change

Chapter 12: Resource Managers Rise to the Challenge of Climate ChangeChapter 13: Ecological Consequences of Climate Change:: Synthesis and Research Needs; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary climate change is a crucial management challenge for wildlife scientists, conservation biologists, and ecologists of the 21st century. Climate fingerprints are being detected and documented in the responses of hundreds of wildlife species and numerous ecosystems around the world. To mitigate and accommodate the influences of climate change on wildlife and ecosystems, broader-scale conservation strategies are needed. Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Mechanisms, Conservation, and Management provides a mechanistic understanding of biotic responses to climate change, in orde