Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate

Published by University of Chicago Press 2012

Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate

Edited by: Jedediah F. Brodie , Eric S. Post and Daniel F. Doak

https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226074641

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About this book

Human-induced climate change is emerging as one of the gravest threats to biodiversity in history, and while a vast amount of literature on the ecological impact of climate change exists, very little has been dedicated to the management of wildlife populations and communities in the wake of unprecedented habitat changes. Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate is an essential resource, bringing together leaders in the fields of climate change ecology, wildlife population dynamics, and environmental policy to examine the impacts of climate change on populations of terrestrial vertebrates. Chapters assess the details of climate change ecology, including demographic implications for individual populations, evolutionary responses, impacts on movement patterns, alterations of species interactions, and predicting impacts across regions. The contributors also present a number of strategies by which conservationists and wildlife managers can counter or mitigate the impacts of climate change as well as increase the resilience of wildlife populations to such changes. A seminal contribution to the fields of ecology and conservation biology, Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate will serve as the spark that ignites a new direction of discussions about and action on the ecology and conservation of wildlife in a changing climate.

Author information

Jedediah F. Brodie is assistant professor of conservation ecology at the University of British Columbia. Eric S. Post is professor of biology at the Pennsylvania State University. Daniel F. Doak is professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming.

Reviews

“Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate provides an important, cutting-edge, and forward-looking contribution toward our understanding of climate effects on wildlife species. Much of our current understanding in this field is largely a sketch of macroecological patterns and inferences. This book takes us a long step forward by filling in the sketchy understanding with detailed and nuanced biological information, not only about species-habitat associations, but also about species’ potential to adapt or migrate and the consequences for whole ecosystem structure and functioning. The book’s strength is that it is a compendium of work by both academic scientists and front-line conservation practitioners who are wrestling with ideas and practical ways to conserve wildlife in the face of changing climate. These essays set the standard for providing scientific insights for the practice of wildlife conservation in an era of changing climate.”

— Oswald Schmitz, Yale University

“Recommended.”

— F. Huettmann, University of Alaska, Choice

“With research and practice quickly rising to the new challenges posed by climate change, any synthesis of this field is a moving target. Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate provides an admirable cross-section of this growing body of work. The authors should be congratulated for tackling a subject that is complex, multifaceted, and rapidly advancing.”

— Ecology

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
1. Climate Change and Wildlife Conservation Jedediah F. Brodie, Eric Post and Daniel F. Doak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Assessing and Predicting Climate Change Impact on Wildlife
2. Recent and Future Climatic Change and Its Potential Implications for Species and Ecosystems Karen M. Carney, Brian Lazar, Charles Rodgers, Diana R. Lane, Russell Jones, Scott Morlando and Allison E. Ebbets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. Natural Selection and Phenotypic Plasticity in Wildlife Adaptation to Climate Change James D. Austin, Christine W. Miller and Robert J. Fletcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4. Demographic Approaches to Assessing Climate Change Impact: An Application to Pond-Breeding Frogs and Shifting Hydropatterns John H. Matthews, W. Chris Funk and Cameron K. Ghalambor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5. Modeling Range Shifts for Invasive Vertebrates in Response to Climate Change Damien A. Fordham, H. Resit Akçakaya, Miguel Araújo and Barry W. Brook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
6. Can We Predict Climate-Driven Changes to Disease Dynamics? Applications for Theory and Management in the Face of Uncertainty Sara H. Paull and Pieter T. J. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. Rapid Assessment of Plant and Animal Vulnerability to Climate Change Bruce E. Young, Kimberly R. Hall, Elizabeth Byers, Kelly Gravuer, Geoff Hammerson, Alan Redder and Kristin Szabo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Part 2. Case Studies of Climatic Effects on Wildlife Conservation
8. Changing Rainfall and Obstructed Movements: Impact on African Ungulates Norman Owen-Smith and Joseph O. Ogutu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9. Ecological Eff ects of Climate Change on European Reptiles Jean François Le Galliard, Manuel Massot, Jean-Pierre Baron and Jean Clobert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
10. Arctic Shorebirds: Conservation of a Moving Target in Changing Times Steve Zack and Joe Liebezeit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
11. Island Species with Nowhere to Go Lisa Manne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
12. Retreat of the American Pika: Up the Mountain or into the Void? Chris Ray, Erik Beever and Scott Loarie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
13. Sensitivity of High Arctic Caribou Population Dynamics to Changes in the Frequency of Extreme Weather Events Joerg Tews, Rebecca Jeppesen and Carolyn Callaghan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Part 3. Promoting Resilience: Wildlife Management in the Face of Climate Change
14. Harvest Models for Changing Environments Mark S. Boyce, Kyle Knopff, Joseph Northrup, Justin Pitt and Liv S. Vors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
15. From Connect-the-Dots to Dynamic Networks: Maintaining and Enhancing Connectivity as a Strategy to Address Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife Molly S. Cross, Jodi A. Hilty, Gary M. Tabor, Joshua J. Lawler, Lisa J. Graumlich and Joel Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
16. Restoring Predators as a Hedge against Climate Change Christopher C. Wilmers, Chris T. Darimont and Mark Hebblewhite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	330
17. Assisted Colonization of Wildlife Species at Risk from Climate Change Viorel D. Popescu and Malcolm L. Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
18. The Integration of Forest Science and Climate Change Policy to Safeguard Biodiversity in a Changing Climate Nicholas Blay and Michael Dombeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Concluding Remarks
19. What to Expect and How to Plan for Wildlife Conservation in the Face of Climate Change Daniel F. Doak, Jedediah F. Brodie and Eric Post Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397