Wildlife responses to climate changeh [electronic resource]: North American case studies / edited by Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root.
Contributor(s): Schneider, Stephen Henry | Root, Terry Louise.
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BookPublisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2002Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781559639248; 9781423707875 (electronic bk.).Call No.:
QC982.8
.W56 2002
Subject(s): Climatic changes -- North America | Biogeography -- Climatic factors -- North America | Global temperature changes -- Environmental aspects -- North America | Global warming -- North America | Wildlife resources -- Climatic factorsOnline resources: Electronic Resources Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Conclusion--climate change and wildlife, a look ahead / Patty Glick and Mark van Putten.
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