Climate change biology / created by Lee Hannah.

Includes bibliographical references and index

A new discipline : climate change biology The climate system and climate change Biochemical, cellular, and organismal responses to climate change Ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographic implications of climate change Climate change and the Earth system Species range shifts Phenology : changes in timing of biological events due to climate change Ecosystem change Past terrestrial response Past marine ecosystem changes Past freshwater changes Extinctions Insights from experimentation Modeling species and ecosystem responses Estimating extinction risk from climate change Ecosystem services Adaption of conservation strategies Connectivity and landscape management Species management International climate policy - Mitigation : reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sink, and solutions Assessing risks, designing solutions

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. publisher