Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xiii
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. PART I: Overview: What Is Climate Change Biology?
7. CHAPTER ONE: Changing the Biosphere 3
8. CHAPTER TWO: What Is Climate Change? 12
9. PART II: Changes Are We Observing?
10. CHAPTER THREE: Range and Abundance Changes 25
11. CASE STUDY 1: The Bering Sea and Climate Change 39
12. CHAPTER FOUR: Phenological Dynamics in Pollinator-Plant Associations Related to Climate Change 42
13. CHAPTER FIVE: Coral Reefs: Megadiversity Meets Unprecedented Environmental Change 55
14. CHAPTER SIX: Genetic Signatures of Historical and Contemporary Responses to Climate Change 66
15. CASE STUDY 2: Climate Change and Salmon Populations 77
16. CHAPTER SEVEN: Rapid Broad- Scale Ecosystem Changes and Their Consequences for Biodiversity 80
17. CASE STUDY 3: Rapidly Diverging Population Trends of Adélie Penguins Reveal Limits to a Flexible Species’ Adaptability to Anthropogenic Climate Change 91
18. PART III: WHAT DOES THE PAST TELL US?
19. CHAPTER EIGHT: A Paleoecological Perspective on Sudden Climate Change and Biodiversity Crises 97
20. CHAPTER NINE: Climate Change, Conservation, and the Metaphor of Deep Time 114
21. CASE STUDY 4: The Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Habitats and Species 125
22. CHAPTER TEN: Past Abrupt Changes in Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystems 128
23. CHAPTER ELEVEN: A Neotropical Perspective on Past Human-Climate Interactions and Biodiversity 142
24. PART IV: What Does the Future Hold?
25. CHAPTER TWELVE: Modeling Species and Vegetation Distribution under Climate Change 157
26. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity 168
27. CASE STUDY 5: Anticipating Climate-Driven Movement Routes 191
28. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity 193
29. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Tropical Forests in a Changing Climate 204
30. CASE STUDY 6: Postponing the Amazon Tipping Point 216
31. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Temperate and Boreal Responses to Climate Change 219
32. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Biodiversity 229
33. CASE STUDY 7: Climate Change and Frost Effects in Rocky Mountain Plant Communities 242
34. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Climate Change: Final Arbiter of the Mass Extinction of Freshwater Fishes 245
35. CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Asymmetrical Impacts of Climate Change on Food Webs 254
36. CASE STUDY 8: Dynamic Spatial Management in an Australian Tuna Fishery 263
37. CHAPTER TWENTY: Invasive Species and Climate Change 266
38. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Climate Change and Disease 278
39. PART V: How Can Conservation and Policy Respond?
40. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Protected-Area Management and Climate Change 291
41. CASE STUDY 9: Extinction Risk from Climate Change 302
42. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation 305
43. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Climate Change Mitigation Using Terrestrial Ecosystems: Options and Biodiversity Impacts 318
44. CASE STUDY 10: Connectivity by Design: A Multiobjective Ecological Network for Biodiversity That Is Robust to Land Use and Regional Climate Change 331
45. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Regreening the Emerald Planet: The Role of Ecosystem Restoration in Reducing Climate Change 334
46. CASE STUDY 11: Enlisting Ecological Interactions among Animals to Balance the Carbon Budget 340
47. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Increasing Public Awareness and Facilitating Behavior Change: Two Guiding Heuristics 344
48. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Climate Change, Food, and Biodiversity 355
49. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Saving Biodiversity in the Era of Human-Dominated Ecosystems 364
50. Contributors 375
51. Index 381