Climate and conservation : landscape and seascape science, planning, and action

Climate and conservation : landscape and seascape science, planning, and action / edited by Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross.

Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats...

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Other Authors: Hilty, Jodi A. (Editor), Chester, Charles C. (Editor), Cross, Molly S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation.
Climate change mitigation.
Endangered ecosystems.
Ecosystem management.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
Biodiversity conservation
Climate change mitigation
Ecosystem management
Endangered ecosystems
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Setting the Context / Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities / Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty and Stephen C. Trombulak
  • Landscape and Seascape Climate Change Planning and Action / Molly S. Cross, Anne M. Schrag, Evan H. Girvetz and Carolyn A.F. Enquist
  • Part 2. Equatorial and Tropical Landscapes / Albertine Rift, Africa / Anton Seimon and Andrew Plumptre
  • The Brazilian Amazon / Eneas Salati, Marc Dourojeanni, Agenor Mundim, Gilvan Sampaio and Thomas Lovejoy
  • Mesoamerican Biological Corridor / Margaret Buck Holland
  • Part 3. Temperate and Mediterranean Landscapes / Boreal Forest, Canada / Meg Krawchuk, Kim Lisgo, Shawn Leroux, Pierre Vernier and Steve Cumming, et al.
  • Cape Floristic Region, South Africa / Lee Hannah, Dave Panitz and Guy Midgley
  • Eastern Mongolian Grassland Steppe / Evan H. Girvetz, Robert McDonald, Michael Heiner, Joseph Kiesecker and Galbadrakh Davaa, et al.
  • Northern Great Plains, North America / Anne M. Schrag and Steve Forrest
  • Washington State, USA / Meade Krosby, Jennifer R. Hoffman, Joshua J. Lawler and Brad H. Mcrae
  • Part 4. Freshwater and Seascapes / Alps Freshwater, Europe / Leopold Füreder, Aurelia Ullrich-Schneider and Thomas Scheurer
  • Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh / Brian D. Smith and Elisabeth Fahrni Mansur
  • Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji / Stacy Jupiter, Caleb Mcclennen and Elizabeth Matthews
  • Wider Caribbean Region / Marianne Fish
  • Part 5. Montane Landscapes / Altai-Sayan, Eurasia / Yuri Badenkov, Tatyana Yashina and Graeme Worboys
  • Great Eastern Ranges, Australia / Ian Pulsford, Graeme Worboys, Gary Howling and Thomas Barrett
  • Madrean Sky Islands, North America / Laura López-Hoffman and Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas
  • The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion, North America / Stephen C. Trombulak, Robert F. Baldwin, Joshua J. Lawler, Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman and Mark G. Anderson
  • Yellowstone to Yukon, North America / Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty and Wendy L. Francis
  • Part 6. Polar Land to Seascapes / Arctic Alaska, USA / Steve Zack and Joe Liebezeit
  • Antarctica / David Ainley and Tina Tin
  • Part 7. Lessons Learned / Moving Forward on Climate Change Science, Planning, and Action / Jodi A. Hilty, Molly S. Cross and Charles C. Chester.

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