03914nam 22008175 450 991095627230332120250730101924.09781597265706159726570510.5822/978-1-61091-182-5(CKB)2670000000149009(EBL)3317629(SSID)ssj0000744055(PQKBManifestationID)11412828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000744055(PQKBWorkID)10842918(PQKB)10450992(DE-He213)978-1-61091-182-5(Au-PeEL)EBL3317629(CaPaEBR)ebr10713316(OCoLC)831115329(MiAaPQ)EBC3317629(MiAaPQ)EBC1156885(PPN)168305461(Perlego)2984882(EXLCZ)99267000000014900920120418d2012 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaving a Million Species Extinction Risk from Climate Change /edited by Lee Hannah1st ed. 2012.Washington, DC :Island Press/Center for Resource Economics :Imprint: Island Press,2012.1 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781610911825 1610911822 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Are a Million Species at Risk? -- 2. First Estimates of Extinction Risk from Climate Change -- 3. Climate Change, Extinction Risk, and Public Policy -- 4. Refining Risk Estimates Using Models -- 5. The Use and Misuse of Species-Area Relationships in Predicting Climate-Driven Extinction -- 6. First Extinctions on Land -- 7. Global Warming and Widespread Coral Mortality: Evidence of First Coral Reef Extinctions -- 8. Extinction Risk at High Latitudes -- 9. Extinctions in Deep Time -- 10. Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change during the Paleogene -- 11. Quaternary Extinctions and Their Link to Climate Change -- 12. Quaternary Tropical Plant Extinction: A Paleoecological Perspective from the Neotropics -- 13. Every Species Is an Insect (or Nearly So): On Insects, Climate Change, Extinction, and the Biological Unknown -- 14. Extinction Risk from Climate Change in Tropical Forests -- 15. Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mass Extinction -- 16. Extinction Risk in a Changing Ocean -- 17. Climate Change and Freshwater Fauna Extinction Risk -- 18. Climate Change Impacts on Species Interactions: Assessing the Threat of Cascading Extinctions -- 19. Strategies for Reducing Extinction Risk under a Changing Climate -- 20. Saving a Million Species.Saving a Million Species examines the question, how many species will perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Written by leaders from a range of disciplines, it offers detailed, clear explanations that synthesize the literature and elaborate on the conservation and policy implications of climate change science.EcologyClimatologyEcologyConservation biologySustainabilityEnvironmental SciencesClimate SciencesEcologyConservation BiologySustainabilityEcology.Climatology.Ecology.Conservation biology.Sustainability.Environmental Sciences.Climate Sciences.Ecology.Conservation Biology.Sustainability.551.6Hannah Lee Jay1805985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956272303321Saving a million species4354879UNINA