Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Climate Change and Wildlife Conservation 1
4. Part 1. Assessing and Predicting Climate Change Impact on Wildlife
5. 2. Recent and Future Climatic Change and Its Potential Implications for Species and Ecosystems 15
6. 3. Natural Selection and Phenotypic Plasticity in Wildlife Adaptation to Climate Change 38
7. 4. Demographic Approaches to Assessing Climate Change Impact: An Application to Pond-Breeding Frogs and Shifting Hydropatterns 58
8. 5. Modeling Range Shifts for Invasive Vertebrates in Response to Climate Change 86
9. 6. Can We Predict Climate-Driven Changes to Disease Dynamics? Applications for Theory and Management in the Face of Uncertainty 109
10. 7. Rapid Assessment of Plant and Animal Vulnerability to Climate Change 129
11. Part 2. Case Studies of Climatic Effects on Wildlife Conservation
12. 8. Changing Rainfall and Obstructed Movements: Impact on African Ungulates 153
13. 9. Ecological Eff ects of Climate Change on European Reptiles 179
14. 10. Arctic Shorebirds: Conservation of a Moving Target in Changing Times 204
15. 11. Island Species with Nowhere to Go 226
16. 12. Retreat of the American Pika: Up the Mountain or into the Void? 245
17. 13. Sensitivity of High Arctic Caribou Population Dynamics to Changes in the Frequency of Extreme Weather Events 271
18. Part 3. Promoting Resilience: Wildlife Management in the Face of Climate Change
19. 14. Harvest Models for Changing Environments 293
20. 15. From Connect-the-Dots to Dynamic Networks: Maintaining and Enhancing Connectivity as a Strategy to Address Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife 307
21. 16. Restoring Predators as a Hedge against Climate Change 330
22. 17. Assisted Colonization of Wildlife Species at Risk from Climate Change 347
23. 18. The Integration of Forest Science and Climate Change Policy to Safeguard Biodiversity in a Changing Climate 369
24. Concluding Remarks
25. 19. What to Expect and How to Plan for Wildlife Conservation in the Face of Climate Change 387
26. Index 397