1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788014703321

Titolo

Biodiversity in a changing climate : linking science and management in conservation / / edited by Terry L. Root [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-28671-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

577.2/209794

Soggetti

Biodiversity - Climatic factors - California

Biodiversity conservation - California

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A New Era for Ecologists: Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management -- CHAPTER 2. Climate Change from the Globe to California -- CHAPTER 3. Climatic Influences on Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 4. Modeling Krill in the California Current: A 2005 Case Study -- CHAPTER 5. Shifts in Marine Biogeographic Ranges -- CHAPTER 6. Integrating Global Climate Change and Conservation: A Klamath River Case Study -- CHAPTER 7. Pollinators and Meadow Restoration -- CHAPTER 8. Elevational Shifts in Breeding Birds in the Southern California Desert Region -- CHAPTER 9. Conserving California Grasslands into an Uncertain Future -- CHAPTER 10. Species Invasions: Linking Changes in Plant Composition to changes in Climate -- CHAPTER 11. Evolutionary Conservation under Climate Change -- CHAPTER 12. Fossils Predict Biological Responses to Future Climate Change -- CHAPTER 13. Historical Data on Species Occurrence: Bridging the Past to the Future -- Glossary -- INDEX -- Contributor Bios

Sommario/riassunto

One major consequence of climate change is abrupt, dramatic changes in regional biodiversity. Even if the most optimistic scenarios for mitigating climate change transpire, the fate of many wild species rests on the shoulders of people engaged in conservation planning,



management, and policy. Providing managers with the latest and most useful climate change research is critical and requires challenging the conventional divide between scientists and managers. Biodiversity in a Changing Climate promotes dialogue among scientists, decision makers, and managers who are grappling with climate-related threats to species and ecosystems in diverse forms. The book includes case studies and best practices used to address impacts related to climate change across a broad spectrum of species and habitats-from coastal krill and sea urchins to prairie grass and mountain bumblebees. Focused on California, the issues and strategies presented in this book will prove relevant to regions across the West, as well as other regions, and provide a framework for how scientists and managers in any region can bridge the communication divide to manage biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. Biodiversity and a Changing Climate will prove an indispensable guide to students, scientists, and professionals engaged in conservation and resource management.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816609603321

Autore

Brennan James P. <1955->

Titolo

Argentina's missing bones : revisiting the history of the dirty war / / James P. Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-520-97007-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Collana

Violence in Latin American History ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

323.490982

Soggetti

Trials (Crimes against humanity) - Argentina

Argentina History Dirty War, 1976-1983

Córdoba (Argentina) History 20th century Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Threats: Apostles of the New Order -- 2. Dictatorship: Terrorizing



Córdoba -- 3. Death Camp: La Perla -- 4. Institutional Dynamics: The Third Army Corps -- 5. Transnational Dynamics: The Cold War and the War against Subversion -- 6. Five Trials: Public Reckonings of a Violent Past -- 7. Remembering: Memories of Violence and Terror -- 8. Assigning Blame: Who Was Responsible for the Dirty War? -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Argentina's Missing Bones is the first comprehensive English-language work of historical scholarship on the 1976-83 military dictatorship and Argentina's notorious experience with state terrorism during the so-called dirty war. It examines this history in a single but crucial place: Córdoba, Argentina's second largest city. A site of thunderous working-class and student protest prior to the dictatorship, it later became a place where state terrorism was particularly cruel. Considering the legacy of this violent period, James P. Brennan examines the role of the state in constructing a public memory of the violence and in holding those responsible accountable through the most extensive trials for crimes against humanity to take place anywhere in Latin America.