03632nam 2200625 a 450 991046149960332120200520144314.01-59726-570-510.5822/978-1-61091-182-5(CKB)2670000000149009(EBL)3317629(SSID)ssj0000744055(PQKBManifestationID)11412828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000744055(PQKBWorkID)10842918(PQKB)10450992(DE-He213)978-1-61091-182-5(MiAaPQ)EBC1156885(MiAaPQ)EBC3317629(PPN)168305461(Au-PeEL)EBL3317629(CaPaEBR)ebr10713316(OCoLC)831115329(EXLCZ)99267000000014900920111004d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaving a million species[electronic resource] extinction risk from climate change /edited by Lee Hannah1st ed. 2012.Washington, D.C. Island Press20121 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61091-182-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Refining first estimates -- pt. III. Current extinctions -- pt. IV. Evidence from the past -- pt. V. Predicting future extinctions -- pt. VI. Conservation implications."The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal Nature in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both the popular imagination and the attention of policy-makers, and provoked an unprecedented round of scientific critique. _ Saving a Million Species reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesize the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications. The book: *examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media *and policy impact of this unique study *presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past *explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record *sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change *considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates. Saving a Million Species offers a clear explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policy-makers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity take on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change-the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared"--Provided by publisher.Climatic changesGlobal warmingExtinction (Biology)Environmental aspectsElectronic books.Climatic changes.Global warming.Extinction (Biology)Environmental aspects.551.6Hannah Lee Jay908823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461499603321Saving a million species2032672UNINA