Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
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Mammalian
DistributionalResponses
toClimaticChanges
A Review and Research
Prospectus
Robert Guralnick, Liesl Erb, and Chris Ray
CONTENTS
Part.I:.General.Principles.of.Mammalian.Species.Response.to.
Climatic Changes................................................................................................. 85
Magnitude.and.Rate.of.Current.Climate.Change................................................ 85
Mammalian.Response.Processes......................................................................... 86
The.Importance.of.Topographic.Heterogeneity................................................... 87
Part.2:.Evidence.for.Contemporary.Range.Shifts.in.Response.to.
Climatic Change................................................................................................... 90
Multiple.Species.within.a.Limited.Geographic.Area...................................... 91
Single.Species.in.a.Broad.Geographic.Area................................................... 92
Part.3:.Moving.toward.a.Mechanistic.Understanding.............................................. 96
Long.Term.Ecological.Monitoring.Projects.Capturing.Appropriate.
Climatic.Data....................................................................................................... 97
Better.Capture.of.All.Relevant.Biological.Field.Data......................................... 97
Using.State-of-the-Art.Approaches.to.Inference................................................. 98
Better.Methods.for.Sharing.Legacy.and.New.Data............................................. 99
Summary................................................................................................................. 100
References.............................................................................................................. 101
PART I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MAMMALIAN
SPECIES RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC CHANGES
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We.live.in.a.warming.world..During.the.twentieth.century,.increases.in.the.concen-
trations.of.atmospheric.greenhouse.gases,.along.with.other.natural.and.man-made.
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