UID:
almahu_9949071894502882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 508 p.) :
,
ill.
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
0-08-102976-4
,
0-08-102975-6
Content:
Climate Change Biology, third edition, addresses how climate change may affect life on the planet, particularly its impact on biology. Presented in three parts, it deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and modeling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then addressed, from individual physiology, to populations and ecosystems, adaptation and evolution. The final section examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, particularly relating to human livelihood. This book will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change. All sections are updated using the more than 5,000 research papers that have appeared on the topic since the publication of the second edition. Sections on the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change are especially strengthened, with over six new case studies and end of chapter questions in each chapter.
Note:
Section 1 Introduction -- 1. A New Discipline: Climate Change Biology -- 2. The Climate System and Climate Change -- Section 2 Biological Foundations of Climate Change Response -- 3. Biochemical, Cellular, and Organismal Responses to Climate Change -- 4. Ecological, Evolutionary, and Biogeographic Implications of Climate Change -- 5. Climate Change and the Earth System -- Section 3 Impacts of Climate Change on Nature -- 6. Species Range Shifts -- 7. Phenology: Changes in Timing of Biological Events Due to Climate Change -- 8. Ecosystem Change -- Section 4 Lessons from the Past -- 9. Past Terrestrial Response -- 10. Past Marine Ecosystem Changes -- 11. Past Freshwater Changes -- 12. Extinctions -- Section 5 Looking to the Future -- 13. Insights from Experimentation -- 14. Modeling Species and Ecosystem Response -- 15. Estimating Extinction Risk from Climate Change -- 16. Ecosystem Services -- Section 6 Implications for Conservation -- 17. Adaptation of Conservation Strategies -- 18. Connectivity and Landscape Management -- 19. Species Management -- Section 7 Finding solutions: International Policy and Action -- 20. International Climate Policy -- 21. Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sinks, and Solutions -- 22. Assessing Risks, Designing Solutions -- References -- Index.
Language:
English
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