Wildlife responses to climate change : North American case studies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schneider, Stephen Henry, Root, Terry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. ; London : Island Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Climatic changes > North America.
Global temperature changes > Environmental aspects > North America.
Global warming > North America.
Climat > Changements > Amérique du Nord.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Amérique du Nord.
Température atmosphérique > Modification à l'échelle planétaire > Aspect de l'environnement > Amérique du Nord.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Climatic changes
Global temperature changes > Environmental aspects
Global warming
North America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • the rationale for the National Wildlife Federation Cohort of Young Scientists studying wildlife responses to climate change / Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root
  • Climate change : overview and implications for wildlife / Terry L. Root and Stephen H. Schneider
  • Climate change and its effect on species range boundaries : a case study of the sachem skipper butterfly, atalopedes campestris / Lisa Crozier
  • Butterflies as model systems for understanding and predicting climate change / Jessica J. Hellmann
  • Historical studies of species' responses to climate change : promises and pitfalls / Raphael Sagarin
  • Community responses to climate change : links between temperature and keystone predation in a rocky intertidal system / Eric Sanford
  • Testing climate change predictions with the subalpine species, delphinium nuttallianum / Francisca Saavedra
  • Modeling potential impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of vegetation in the United States with a probabilistic biogeography approach / Elena Shevliakova
  • Climate change and the susceptibility of U.S. ecosystems to biological invasions : two cases of expected range expansion / Erika Zavaleta and Jennifer L. Royval
  • Climate change, whitebark pine, and grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem / Laura Koteen
  • Conclusion
  • Climate change and wildlife, a look ahead / Patty Glick and Mark van Putten.

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