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Description: |
x, 321 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Climate change / James W. Hurell and Kevin E. Trenberth -- Long-term time series of ornithological data / Anders Pape Møller and Wolfgang Fiedler -- Capture-mark-recapture models / Vladimir Grosbois and Olivier Gimenez -- Using animal models to infer and predict the evolutionary consequences of climate change / Erik Postma -- Time-series analyses / Jan Lindström and Mads C. Forchhammer -- Population analyses / Bernt-Erik Sæther and Steinar Engen -- Habitat suitability modelling / Wilfried Thuiller and Tamara Münkemüller -- Changes in migration / Esa Lehikoinen and Tim H. Sparks -- Effects of climate on timing of breeding and reproductive success in birds / Peter O. Dunn and David W. Winkler -- Food availability, mistiming, and climatic change / Christiaan Both -- Genetic perspectives on the evolutionary consequences of climate change in birds / Ben C. Sheldon -- Sexual selection and climate change / Claire N. Spottiswoode and Nicola Saino -- Population consequences of climate change / Bernt-Erik Sæther and Steinar Engen -- Host-parasite interactions and climate change / Santiago Merino and Anders Pape Møller -- Predator-prey interactions and climate change / Vincent Bretagnolle and Hanneke Gillis -- Range margins, climate change, and ecology / Jon E. Brommer and Anders Pape Møller -- Bird communities and climate change / Lluís Brotons and Frédéric Jiguet -- Conservation consequences of climate change for birds / Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Richard B. Primack, and Cagan H. Sekercioglu -- Conclusions / Anders Pape Møller, Wolfgang Fiedler, and Peter Berthold. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Climate change affects all living organisms. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact of multiple types of global change on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems. This book explains the science of climate change as it relates to birds. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series (some dating back more than 100 years), a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, and a longer tradition of extensive research. In fact this research record exceeds what is available in all other organisms combined. |