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

Other author Hilty, Jodi A.
Other author Chester, Charles C.
Other author Cross, Molly S.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Island Press, ©2012.
Description1 online resource (xviii, 373 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Climate and conservation. Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012 9781610911702
Genre/formElectronic books.

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