Climate Change Biology, Third Edition, addresses how climate change may affect life on the planet, particularly its impact on biology. Presented in three parts, it deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and modeling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then addressed, from individual physiology, to populations and ecosystems, adaptation and evolution. The final section examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, particularly relating to human livelihood. This book will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change.
All sections are updated using the more than 5,000 research papers that have appeared on the topic since the publication of the second edition. Sections on the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change are especially strengthened, with over six new case studies and end of chapter questions in each chapter.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 1. A New Discipline: Climate Change Biology - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. The Climate System and Climate Change - p. 13 4. Section 2: Biological Foundations of Climate Change Response - p. 51 5. Chapter 3. Biochemical, Cellular, and Organismal Responses to Climate Change - p. 53 6. Chapter 4. Ecological, Evolutionary, and Biogeographic Implications of Climate Change - p. 77 7. Chapter 5. Climate Change and the Earth System - p. 95 8. Section 3: Impacts of Climate Change on Nature - p. 114 9. Chapter 6. Species Range Shifts - p. 117 10. Chapter 7. Phenology: Changes in Timing of Biological Events Due to Climate Change - p. 143 11. Chapter 8. Ecosystem Change - p. 161 12. Section 4: Lessons from the Past - p. 193 13. Chapter 9. Past Terrestrial Response - p. 197 14. Chapter 10. Past Marine Ecosystem Changes - p. 223 15. Chapter 11. Past Freshwater Changes - p. 239 16. Chapter 12. Extinctions - p. 255 17. Section 5: Looking to the Future - p. 270 18. Chapter 13. Insights from Experimentation - p. 273 19. Chapter 14. Modeling Species and Ecosystem Response - p. 297 20. Chapter 15. Estimating Extinction Risk from Climate Change - p. 323 21. Chapter 16. Ecosystem Services - p. 341 22. Section 6: Implications for Conservation - p. 359 23. Chapter 17. Adaptation of Conservation Strategies - p. 363 24. Chapter 18. Connectivity and Landscape Management - p. 387 25. Chapter 19. Species Management - p. 405 26. Section 7: Finding solutions: International Policy and Action - p. 421 27. Chapter 20. International Climate Policy - p. 425 28. Chapter 21. Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sinks, and Solutions - p. 439 29. Chapter 22. Assessing Risks, Designing Solutions - p. 473 30. References - p. 483 31. Index - p. 497
Climate Change Biology, Third Edition, addresses how climate change may affect life on the planet, particularly its impact on biology. Presented in three parts, it deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and modeling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then addressed, from individual physiology, to populations and ecosystems, adaptation and evolution. The final section examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, particularly relating to human livelihood. This book will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change.
All sections are updated using the more than 5,000 research papers that have appeared on the topic since the publication of the second edition. Sections on the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change are especially strengthened, with over six new case studies and end of chapter questions in each chapter.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 1. A New Discipline: Climate Change Biology - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. The Climate System and Climate Change - p. 13 4. Section 2: Biological Foundations of Climate Change Response - p. 51 5. Chapter 3. Biochemical, Cellular, and Organismal Responses to Climate Change - p. 53 6. Chapter 4. Ecological, Evolutionary, and Biogeographic Implications of Climate Change - p. 77 7. Chapter 5. Climate Change and the Earth System - p. 95 8. Section 3: Impacts of Climate Change on Nature - p. 114 9. Chapter 6. Species Range Shifts - p. 117 10. Chapter 7. Phenology: Changes in Timing of Biological Events Due to Climate Change - p. 143 11. Chapter 8. Ecosystem Change - p. 161 12. Section 4: Lessons from the Past - p. 193 13. Chapter 9. Past Terrestrial Response - p. 197 14. Chapter 10. Past Marine Ecosystem Changes - p. 223 15. Chapter 11. Past Freshwater Changes - p. 239 16. Chapter 12. Extinctions - p. 255 17. Section 5: Looking to the Future - p. 270 18. Chapter 13. Insights from Experimentation - p. 273 19. Chapter 14. Modeling Species and Ecosystem Response - p. 297 20. Chapter 15. Estimating Extinction Risk from Climate Change - p. 323 21. Chapter 16. Ecosystem Services - p. 341 22. Section 6: Implications for Conservation - p. 359 23. Chapter 17. Adaptation of Conservation Strategies - p. 363 24. Chapter 18. Connectivity and Landscape Management - p. 387 25. Chapter 19. Species Management - p. 405 26. Section 7: Finding solutions: International Policy and Action - p. 421 27. Chapter 20. International Climate Policy - p. 425 28. Chapter 21. Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sinks, and Solutions - p. 439 29. Chapter 22. Assessing Risks, Designing Solutions - p. 473 30. References - p. 483 31. Index - p. 497
