Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of Recent Climate Change and Its Ecological Context

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface: Purpose, Perspective, and Scope xiii
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of Recent Climate Change and Its Ecological Context 1
6. Chapter 2. Pleistocene Warming and Extinctions 24
7. Chapter 3. Life History Variation and Phenology 54
8. Chapter 4. Population Dynamics and Stability 96
9. Chapter 5. The Niche Concept 132
10. Chapter 6. Community Dynamics and Stability 163
11. Chapter 7. Biodiversity, Distributions, and Extinction 217
12. Chapter 8. Ecosystem Function and Dynamics 249
13. Chapter 9. Brief Remarks on Some Especially Important Considerations 297
14. References 303
15. Index 359
16. Backmatter 375