Physical Description:print xiii, 418 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher:New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Biodiversity and climate change in context / Lee Hannah, Thomas E. Lovejoy and Stephen H. Schneider -- 2. What is climate change? / Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. Trenberth -- pt. 2. Present changes -- 3. Recent climate trends / Mike Hulme -- 4. Biotic response : range and abundance changes / Camille Parmesan -- Case study : Detection at multiple levels : Euphydryas editha and climate change / Camille Parmesan -- 5. Present and future phenological changes in wild plants and animals / Terry L. Root and Lesley Hughes -- Case study : Responses of natural communities to climate change in a highland tropical forest / J. Alan Pounds, Michael P.L. Fogden and Karen L. Masters -- 6. Recent evolutionary effects of climate change / Chris D. Thomas --