Biodiversity and Climate Change: Transforming the Biosphere

by Thomas E. Lovejoy (Editor), Lee Hannah (Editor), Edward O. Wilson (Foreword by)

Overview

An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action

The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change andBiodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses.
 
Edited by distinguished conservationist Thomas E. Lovejoy and climate change biologist Lee Hannah, this comprehensive volume includes the latest research and explores emerging topics. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this volume captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere. An authoritative, up-to-date reference, this is the new benchmark synthesis for climate change scientists, conservationists, managers, policymakers, and educators.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300241198
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	01/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
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About the Author

Thomas E. Lovejoy is university professor at George Mason University. Lee Hannah is senior scientist at the Moore Center for Science, Conservation International and adjunct professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Foreword Edward O. Wilson xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Part I Overview: What is Climate Change Biology?

1 Changing the Biosphere Thomas E. Lovejoy Lee Hannah 3

2 What Is Climate Change? Michael C. MacCracken 12

Part II What Changes are we Observing?

3 Range and Abundance Changes Camille Parmesan 25

Case Study 1: The Bering Sea and Climate Change Lee W. Cooper 39

4 Phenological Dynamics in Pollinator-Plant Associations Related to Climate Change Eric Post Michael Avery 42

5 Coral Reefs: Megadiversity Meets Unprecedented Environmental Change Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 55

6 Genetic Signatures of Historical and Contemporary Responses to Climate Change Brett R. Riddle 66

Case Study 2: Climate Change and Salmon Populations Donald J. Noakes 77

7 Rapid Broad-Scale Ecosystem Changes and Their Consequences for Biodiversity David D. Breshears Jason P. Field Darin J. Law Juan C. Villegas Craig D. Allen Neil S. Cobb John B. Bradford 80

Case Study 3: Rapidly Diverging Population Trends of Adélie Penguins Reveal Limits to a Flexible Species' Adaptability to Anthropogenic Climate Change Grant Ballard David Ainley 91

Part III What Does the Past Tell Us?

8 A Paleoecological Perspective on Sudden Climate Change and Biodiversity Crises Jeffrey Park 97

9 Climate Change, Conservation, and the Metaphor of Deep Time Richard B. Aronson 114

Case Study 4: The Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Habitats and Species Céline Bellard Camille Leclerc Franck Courchamp 125

10 Past Abrupt Changes in Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystems John W. Williams Kevin D. Burke 128

11 A Neotropical Perspective on Past Human-Climate Interactions and Biodiversity Mark B. Bush 142

Part IV What Does the Future Hold?

12 Modeling Species and Vegetation Distribution under Climate Change Pablo Imbach Pep Serra-Diaz Lee Hannah Emily Fung Elizabeth H. T. Hiroyasu 157

13 Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity William W. L. Cheung Miranda C. Jones 168

Case Study 5: Anticipating Climate-Driven Movement Routes Joshua J. Lawler 183

14 Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity Joan A. Kleypas 185

15 Tropical Forests in a Changing Climate James E. M. Watson Daniel B. Segan Joshua Tewksbury 196

Case Study 6: Postponding the Amazon Tipping Point Daniel Nepstad 208

16 Temperate and Boreal Responses to Climate Change Lauren B. Buckley Janneke Hillerislambers 211

17 Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Biodiversity Antoine A. Guisan Olivier Broennimann Aline Buri Carmen Cianfrani Manuela D'Amen Valeria di Cola Rui Fernandes Sarah M. Gray Rubén G. Mateo Eric Pinto Jean-Nicolas Pradervand Daniel Scherrer Pascal Vittoz Isaline Von Däniken Erika Yashiro 221

Case Study 7: Climate Change and Frost Effects in Rocky Mountain Plant Communities David Inouye 234

18 Climate Change: Final Arbiter of the Mass Extinction of Freshwater Fishes Les Kaufman 237

19 The Asymmetrical Impacts of Climate Change on Food Webs Lauren Jarvis Kevin McCann Mary O'Connor 246

Case Study 8: Dynamic Spatial Management in an Australian Tuna Fishery Jason R. Hartog Alistair J. Hobday 255

20 Invasive Species and Climate Change Elizabeth H. T. Hiroyasu Jessica J. Hellmann 258

21 Climate Change and Disease Lindsay P. Campbell A. Townsend Peterson Abdallah M. Samy Carlos Yañez-Arenas 270

Part V How Can Conservation and Policy Respond?

22 Protected-Area Management and Climate Change Pablo A. Marquet Janeth Lessmann M. Rebecca Shaw 283

Case Study 9: Extinction Risk from Climate Change Guy Midgley Lee Hannah 294

23 Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Caitlin Littlefield Erik Nelson Benjamin J. Dittbrenner John Withey Katie K. Arkema Joshua J. Lawler 297

24 Climate Change Mitigation Using Terrestrial Ecosystems: Options and Biodiversity Impacts Monika Bertzky Rebecca C. Brock Lera Miles Valerie Kapos 310

Case Study 10: Connectivity by Design: A Multiobjective Ecological Network for Biodiversity That Is Robust to Land Use and Regional Climate Change Andrew Gonzalez Cecile Albert Bronwyn Rayfield Maria Dumitru 323

25 Regreening the Emerald Planet: The Role of Ecosystem Restoration in Reducing Climate Change Thomas E. Lovejoy 326

Case Study 11: Enlisting Ecological Interactions among Animals to Balance the Carbon Budget Oswald J. Schmitz 332

26 Increasing Public Awareness and Facilitating Behavior Change: Two Guiding Heuristics Edward Maibach 336

27 Climate Change, Food, and Biodiversity Cary Fowler Ola Tveitereid Westengen 347

28 Saving Biodiversity in the Era of Human-Dominated Ecosystems G. David Tilman Niko Hartline Michael A. Clark 356

List of Contributors 367

Index 373

Color plates follow page 174

Editorial Reviews

"An excellent, thorough, and detailed snapshot of our current understand of how human-induced climate change is affecting the living world."—Nora Mitchell, Plant Science Bulletin

"Superbly authoritative. . . . An invaluable resource for scientists and members of the public who seek a more through understanding of two of the the critical existential threats that we face. Its contributors are top experts. It is well written: well organized, well documented, and well indexed. Your copy will become well thumbed."—Paul R. Ehrlich, Quarterly Review of Biology

"Thomas E. Lovejoy and Lee Hannah have convened an impressive international cadre of colleagues to write a state-of-the-science volume about climate-change impacts on the diversity of life on Earth."—Cristina Eisenberg, ESA Bulletin

“This book isn’t just a call to heed the science; it’s a call to citizens everywhere to live up to their responsibilities and protect this fragile planet we share.”—John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, 2013-2017

“Mankind’s heedless extraction and pollution of our planet’s resources is tearing apart the web of natural systems that has sustained our species throughout the long course of human development. Tom Lovejoy and Lee Hannah have assembled a book that chronicles these emerging ecological and climatic disasters; yet gives hope that we can still help Earth’s systems heal, and blunt the suffering of coming generations.”—Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator for Rhode Island

“Biodiversity and Climate Change: Transforming the Biosphere serves as a comprehensiveaccount of this greatest of threatsto humanity’s future. It will serve both as atextbook and a call to action.”—From the Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

“An authoritative analysis of the increasing speed and scale of climate change impacts on our biodiversity, together with an illuminating set of specific ways to use our biodiversity to address climate change. A powerful coupling.”—Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary UN Climate Change Convention 2010 – 2016

"Lovejoy and Hannah generate a compelling story of the species extinctions that will accompany ongoing, rapid changes in Earth’s climate, coupled with the unrelenting pressure of human population growth."—William H. Schlesinger, President Emeritus, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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