Biodiversity in a Changing Climate : Linking Science and Management in Conservation.

Intro -- Title -- Subvention -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 A New Era for Ecologists: Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management -- Part I Key Changes in Climate and Life -- 2 Climate Change from the Globe to California -- 3 Climatic Influences on Ecosystems -- Part II Learning from Case Studies and Dialogues between Scientists and Resource Managers -- 4 Modeling Krill in the California Current: A 2005 Case Study -- Manager Comments · Jeffrey G. Dorman and Dan Howard -- 5 Shifts in Marine Biogeographic Ranges -- Manager Comments · Christopher J. Osovitz and Deborah Aseltine-Neilson -- 6 Integrating Global Climate Change and Conservation: A Klamath River Case Study -- Manager Comments · Rebecca M. Quiñones and Julie Perrochet -- 7 Pollinators and Meadow Restoration -- Manager Comments · Brendan Colloran and Tina Mark -- 8 Elevational Shifts in Breeding Birds in the Southern California Desert Region -- Manager Comments · Lori Hargrove, Mark Fisher, Allan Muth, Jenny Rechel, and Anne Poopatanapong -- 9 Conserving California Grasslands into an Uncertain Future -- Manager Comments · K. Blake Suttle and Andrea Craig -- 10 Species Invasions: Linking Changes in Plant Composition to Changes in Climate -- Manager Comments · Laura Koteen and Mark Stromberg -- Part III Perspectives for Framing Biological Impacts of Rapid Climate Change -- 11 Evolutionary Conservation under Climate Change -- Manager Comments · Jason P. Sexton, Alden B. Griffith, and Rob Klinger -- 12 Fossils Predict Biological Responses to Future Climate Change -- 13 Historical Data on Species Occurrence: Bridging the Past to the Future -- Glossary -- Index -- Contributor Bios.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.