Climate Change Biology, 2e examines the evolving discipline of human-induced climate change and the resulting shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. The text focuses on understanding the impacts of human-induced climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence, including paleoecology, modeling, and current observation. This revised and updated second edition emphasizes impacts of human adaptation to climate change on nature and greater emphasis on natural processes and cycles and specific elements. With four new chapters, an increased emphasis on tools for critical thinking, and a new glossary and acronym appendix, Climate Change Biology, 2e is the ideal overview of this field. Expanded treatment of processes and cyclesAdditional exercises and elements to encourage independent and critical thinking Increased on-line supplements including mapping activities and suggested labs and classroom activities. INDICE: 1: Climate Change Biology, 2: Climate Change and the Climate System, 3: Changes in species ranges, 4: Changes in Timing and Process: Phenology, 5: Ecosystem Impacts, 6: Past Terrestrial Response, 7: Marine Ecosystem Changes, 8: Past Freshwater Changes, 9: Extinctions, 10: Insights from Experimentation, 11: Modeling Species and Ecosystem Response, 12: Estimating Extinction Risk from Climate Change, 13: Ecosystem Service and Human Linkages, 14: International Policy and Action, 15: Conservation Strategies: Protected Areas, Working Landscapes and Species, 16: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 17: Carbon Sinks and Sources, 18: Assessing Risks, Designing Solutions
- ISBN: 978-0-12-420218-4
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 456
- Fecha Publicación: 15/11/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés