Ebook: Saving a Million Species: Extinction Risk from Climate Change

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Are a Million Species at Risk?....Pages 3-9
First Estimates of Extinction Risk from Climate Change....Pages 11-27
Climate Change, Extinction Risk, and Public Policy....Pages 29-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Refining Risk Estimates Using Models....Pages 41-71
The Use and Misuse of Species-Area Relationships in Predicting Climate-Driven Extinction....Pages 73-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
First Extinctions on Land....Pages 89-101
Global Warming and Widespread Coral Mortality: Evidence of First Coral Reef Extinctions....Pages 103-119
Extinction Risk at High Latitudes....Pages 121-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-140
Extinctions in Deep Time....Pages 141-156
Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change during the Paleogene....Pages 157-177
Quaternary Extinctions and Their Link to Climate Change....Pages 179-198
Quaternary Tropical Plant Extinction: A Paleoecological Perspective from the Neotropics....Pages 199-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Every Species Is an Insect (or Nearly So): On Insects, Climate Change, Extinction, and the Biological Unknown....Pages 217-237
Extinction Risk from Climate Change in Tropical Forests....Pages 239-259
Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mass Extinction....Pages 261-283
Extinction Risk in a Changing Ocean....Pages 285-307
Climate Change and Freshwater Fauna Extinction Risk....Pages 309-336
Climate Change Impacts on Species Interactions: Assessing the Threat of Cascading Extinctions....Pages 337-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-362
Strategies for Reducing Extinction Risk under a Changing Climate....Pages 363-387
Saving a Million Species....Pages 389-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-417

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Are a Million Species at Risk?....Pages 3-9
First Estimates of Extinction Risk from Climate Change....Pages 11-27
Climate Change, Extinction Risk, and Public Policy....Pages 29-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Refining Risk Estimates Using Models....Pages 41-71
The Use and Misuse of Species-Area Relationships in Predicting Climate-Driven Extinction....Pages 73-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
First Extinctions on Land....Pages 89-101
Global Warming and Widespread Coral Mortality: Evidence of First Coral Reef Extinctions....Pages 103-119
Extinction Risk at High Latitudes....Pages 121-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-140
Extinctions in Deep Time....Pages 141-156
Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change during the Paleogene....Pages 157-177
Quaternary Extinctions and Their Link to Climate Change....Pages 179-198
Quaternary Tropical Plant Extinction: A Paleoecological Perspective from the Neotropics....Pages 199-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Every Species Is an Insect (or Nearly So): On Insects, Climate Change, Extinction, and the Biological Unknown....Pages 217-237
Extinction Risk from Climate Change in Tropical Forests....Pages 239-259
Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mass Extinction....Pages 261-283
Extinction Risk in a Changing Ocean....Pages 285-307
Climate Change and Freshwater Fauna Extinction Risk....Pages 309-336
Climate Change Impacts on Species Interactions: Assessing the Threat of Cascading Extinctions....Pages 337-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-362
Strategies for Reducing Extinction Risk under a Changing Climate....Pages 363-387
Saving a Million Species....Pages 389-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-417
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