Title Wildlife responses to climate change : North American case studies / edited by Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root

Published Washington, D.C. ; London : Island Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 437 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents 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 Summary Publisher description: Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is the culmination of a three-year project to research and study the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and individual wildlife species in North America. In 1997, the National Wildlife Federation provided fellowships to eight outstanding graduate students to conduct research on global climate change, and engaged leading climate change experts Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root to advise and guide the project. This book presents the results, with chapters describing groundbreaking original research by some of the brightest young scientists in America. The book presents case studies that examine: ways in which local and regional climate variables affect butterfly populations and habitat ranges how variations in ocean temperatures have affected intertidal marine species the potential effect of reduced snow cover on plants in the Rocky Mountains the potential effects of climate change on the distribution of vegetation in the United States how climate change may increase the susceptibility of ecosystems to invasions of non-native species the potential for environmental change to alter interactions between a variety of organisms in whitebark pine communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Also included are two introductory chapters by Schneider and Root that discuss the rationale behind the project and offer an overview of climate change and its implications for wildlife. Each of the eight case studies provides important information about how biotic systems respond to climatic variables, and how a changing climate may affect biotic systems in the future. They also acknowledge the inherent complexities of problems likely to arise from changes in climate, and demonstrate the types of scientific questions that need to be explored in order to improve our understanding of how climate change and other human disturbances affect wildlife and ecosystems. Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is an important addition to the body of knowledge critical to scientists, resource managers, and policymakers in understanding and shaping solutions to problems caused by climate change. It provides a useful resource for students and scientists studying the effects of climate change on wildlife and will assist resource managers and other wildlife professionals to better understand factors affecting the species they are striving to conserve Analysis klimaatverandering climatic change wild wildlife lepidoptera ecosystemen ecosystems soorten species dierecologie animal ecology opwarming van de aarde global warming vs usa Climatic Change Animal Ecology Klimaatverandering Dierecologie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Climatic changes -- North America Global temperature changes -- Environmental aspects -- North America Global warming -- North America Climate change Wildlife Biogeography Global warming Models Ecological balance Case studies 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 Form Electronic book Author Schneider, Stephen Henry. Root, Terry LC no. 2002283368 ISBN 1423707877 9781423707875 9781610911214 1610911210

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