Saving a Million Species Extinction Risk from Climate Change
Saving a Million Species examines the question, how many species will perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Written by leaders from a range of disciplines, it offers detailed, clear explanations that synthesize the literature and el
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Edited by Lee Hannah
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2012 Island Press All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009 Island Press is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Saving a million species : extinction risk from climate change / edited by Lee Hannah. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-569-0 (cloth) ISBN-10: 1-59726-569-1 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-570-6 (paper) ISBN-10: 1-59726-570-5 (paper) 1. Climatic changes. 2. Global warming. 3. Extinction (Biology)—Environmental aspects. I. Hannah, Lee Jay. QC902.9.S28 2011 551.6—dc23 2011040327 Printed on recycled, acid-free paper
Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords: Island Press, climate change, extinction, extinction risk, biodiversity, freshwater, marine, biology, coral bleaching, species area relationship, million species, conservation
contents
Foreword
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thomas e. lovejoy
PART I. INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 1
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Are a Million Species at Risk? Lee Hannah
Chapter 2
First Estimates of Extinction Risk from Climate Change
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Chris D. Thomas
Chapter 3
Climate Change, Extinction Risk, and Public Policy
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Jonathan Mawdsley, Guy Midgley, and Lee Hannah
PART II. REFINING FIRST ESTIMATES
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Chapter 4
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Refining Risk Estimates Using Models Alison Cameron
Chapter 5
The Use and Misuse of Species-Area Relationships in Predicting Climate-Driven Extinction
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John Harte and Justin Kitzes
PART III. CURRENT EXTINCTIONS
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Chapter 6
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First Extinctions on Land Sarah K. McMenamin and Lee Hannah
Chapter 7
Global Warming and Widespread Coral Mortality: Evidence of First Coral Reef Extinctions
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Peter W. Glynn
Chapter 8
Extinction Risk at High Latitudes Eric Post and Jedediah Brodie
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PART IV. EVIDENCE FROM THE PAST
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Chapter 9
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Extinctions in Deep Time Peter J. Mayhew
Chapter 10 Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change during the Paleogene
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William C. Clyde and Rebecca LeCain
Chapter 11 Quaternary Extinctions and Their Link to Climate Change
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Barry W. Brook and Anthony D. Barnosky
Chapter 12 Quaternary Tropical Plant Extinction: A Paleoecological Perspective from the Neotropics
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Mark B. Bush and Nicole A. S. Mosblech
PART V. PREDICTING FUTURE EXTINCTIONS
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Chapter 13 Every Species Is an Insect (or Nearly So): On Insects, Climate Change, Extinction, and the Biological Unknown
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Robert R. Dunn and Matthew C. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 14 Extinction Risk from Climate Change in Tropical Forests
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Yadvinder Malhi
Chapter 15 Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mass Extinction
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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Chapter 16 Extinction Risk in a Changing Ocean
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Benjamin S. Halpern and Carrie V. Kappel
Chapter 17 Climate Change and Freshwater Fauna Extinction Risk
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N. LeRoy Poff, Jul
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