000456550 000__ 05017cam\a2200337\a\4500 000456550 001__ 456550 000456550 005__ 20210513160738.0 000456550 008__ 100924s2011\\\\enkab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000456550 010__ $$a 2010040399 000456550 019__ $$a809241618 000456550 020__ $$a9781845936709 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000456550 020__ $$a1845936701 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000456550 020__ $$a9781845937485 (alk. paper) 000456550 020__ $$a1845937481 (alk. paper) 000456550 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn609538519 000456550 035__ $$a456550 000456550 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dFHC$$dCDX$$dBWX$$dWAU$$dUKMGB$$dWRM$$dINNDH 000456550 049__ $$aISEA 000456550 05000 $$aQC903$$b.C5575 2011 000456550 08200 $$a577.2/2$$222 000456550 24500 $$aClimate change biology /$$cJonathan A. Newman ... [et al.]. 000456550 260__ $$aWallingford, Oxfordshire ;$$aCambridge, MA :$$bCABI,$$cc2011. 000456550 300__ $$axiii, 289 p. :$$bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;$$c25 cm. 000456550 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000456550 5050_ $$aPart I. Preliminaries. -- 1. Putting it in perspective : the palaeorecord and climate reconstructions. -- Methods of Palaeoclimatic reconstruction -- Methods of chronology determination -- Sources of Palaeoclimatic information -- Causes of climatic variability -- The history of the earth's climate -- Conclusions -- 2. Projecting future climates. -- What are scenarios? -- From emissions to climate projections: general circulation models -- Regional models and the problem of downscaling -- Hindcasts and model validation -- Model results and projections -- Conclusions -- 3. Methods for studying the impacts of climatic change. -- Observational methods -- Experimental methods -- Theoretical and statistical methods -- Conclusions -- Part II. Impacts from physiology to evolution. -- 4. Physiological responses. -- Photosynthesis review -- Photosynthetic responses to climate change -- Nutrient- and water-use efficiencies -- Growth responses -- Phenological responses -- Changes in plant quality and defences -- Conclusions -- 4. Population responses in time and space. -- What is a population and how do we study its response? -- Functional trait and within-species responses to climatic change -- Complex population dynamics in time: lags, cycles and regime shifts -- Range shifts and spatial distributions -- Clonal growth responses to climatic change -- Conclusions -- 6. Community composition and dynamics. -- Changes in the distribution and abundance of coexisting populations -- The challenges of studying climate change effects on community -- Evidence for global warming effects on community composition and diversity -- Evidence for effects of altered precipitation on community composition -- Evidence for effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on community compositions -- Climate change, disturbance and succession -- Multitrophic responses to climatic change -- Conclusions -- 7. Ecosystem responses. -- Ecosystems and carbon -- Factors that regulate carbon sequestration -- Impacts on net primary productivity -- Impacts on heterotrophic respiration -- Impacts on net ecosystem productivity -- Impacts on nutrient cycling -- Conclusions -- 8. Evolutionary responses to climatic change. -- Phenotypic plasticity and ecological fitting -- Genetic variation -- Adaptive rescue -- Rapid evolution -- Experimental evolution -- Correlated genetic traits -- Conclusions -- 000456550 5050_ $$aPart III. Applications. -- 9. Responses by soil organisms. -- Responses of the detrital system -- Responses of the biotrophic system -- Soil food web responses -- Plant-soil feedbacks -- Conclusions -- 10. The future of forest productivity. -- Impacts on net primary production -- Carbon allocation patterns -- Changes in disturbance regimes -- Conclusions -- 11. The future of agricultural production. -- Impacts on crop systems -- Potential for adaptation -- Future agricultural production -- The future of crop protection -- Conclusions --12. Impacts on biodiversity. -- Consequences of biodiversity loss -- Measures of biodiversity -- Biodiversity patterns at local, regional and global spatial scales -- Biodiversity decline and climatic change -- Diversity-productivity, diversity-stability and diversity-disturbance relationships -- Invasive species and climate change -- Protected areas and other management practices in a changing climate -- Conclusions -- Part V. Final considerations. -- 13. Multiple stressors. -- Global ecological changes and climatic change -- Interactive effects and positive feedbacks -- Stress versus disturbance -- Climate change and disturbance events -- CO₂ elevation, temperature and precipitation -- Climate change and nitrogen deposition -- Climate change and ozone -- Climate change, land use and habitat loss -- Conclusions -- 14.The limits of science. -- Introduction -- Factors limiting our ability to make predictions -- Persistent uncertainty and the limits of science -- Conclusions. 000456550 650_0 $$aClimatic changes. 000456550 650_0 $$aNatural resources. 000456550 650_0 $$aEnvironmental impact analysis. 000456550 650_0 $$aProtected areas. 000456550 7001_ $$aNewman, Jonathan A. 000456550 85200 $$bgen$$hQC903$$i.C5575$$i2011 000456550 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:456550$$pGLOBAL_SET 000456550 980__ $$aBIB 000456550 980__ $$aBOOK