Birds and Climate Change: Impacts and Conservation Responses (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) - Hardcover

Pearce-Higgins, James W.; Green, Rhys E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521114284 ISBN 13: 9780521114288

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems. They are among the best studied and monitored of organisms, yet many are already under threat of extinction as a result of habitat loss, overexploitation and pollution. Providing a single source of information for students, scientists, practitioners and policy-makers, this book begins with a critical review of the existing impacts of climate change on birds, including changes in the timing of migration and breeding and effects on bird populations around the world. The second part considers how conservationists can assess potential future impacts, quantifying how extinction risk is linked to the magnitude of global change and synthesising the evidence in support of likely conservation responses. The final chapters assess the threats posed by efforts to reduce the magnitude of climate change.

About this title

Book Description:

Providing a single source of information for students, scientists, practitioners and policy-makers, this is a critical review of the impacts of climate change on global bird populations. The authors review the potential for future impacts and consider how conservationists should respond to these threats.

About the Author:

James Pearce-Higgins is a Principal Ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology, where he leads on climate change research across the organisation and manages the Population Ecology and Modelling team. He is responsible for a range of research projects to examine the evidence for climate change impacts on biodiversity, undertaking projections of future responses and conducting research to inform how conservation should adapt to climate change.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0521114284
• ISBN 13: 9780521114288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 477