03178nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002600112020002300138020002600161020002300187020002700210040002100237035002100258050002500279082001400304245011600318260004500434300002400479504005100503505020400554520158100758533015202339650002202491650002002513650004902533655002902582700002102611710001702632856012602649999001702775ebr10713316CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||111004s2012    dcuad   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011040327  z9781597265690 (cloth)  z1597265691 (cloth)  z9781597265706 (paper)  z1597265705 (paper)  z9781610911825 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)82864203314aQC902.9b.S28 2012eb04a551.622300aSaving a million speciesh[electronic resource] :bextinction risk from climate change /cedited by Lee Hannah.  aWashington, D.C. :bIsland Press,c2012.  axii, 417 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 apt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Refining first estimates -- pt. III. Current extinctions -- pt. IV. Evidence from the past -- pt. V. Predicting future extinctions -- pt. VI. Conservation implications.  a"The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal Nature in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both the popular imagination and the attention of policy-makers, and provoked an unprecedented round of scientific critique. _ Saving a Million Species reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesize the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications. The book: *examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media *and policy impact of this unique study *presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past *explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record *sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change *considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates. Saving a Million Species offers a clear explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policy-makers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity take on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change-the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared"--cProvided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aClimatic changes. 0aGlobal warming. 0aExtinction (Biology)xEnvironmental aspects. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aHannah, Lee Jay.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10713316zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c16063d16063