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“Fingerprints” of Climate Change

Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges

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Editors:
  1. G.-R. Walther

    1. University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  2. C. A. Burga

    1. University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland

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  3. P. J. Edwards

    1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Adapted behaviour and shifting ranges of species — a result of recent climate warming?

    • Gian-Reto Walther
    Pages 1-15

  3. Terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate changes in the Antarctic

    • Peter Convey
    Pages 17-42

  4. Climate change and ice breeding pinnipeds

    • Brendan P. Kelly
    Pages 43-55

  5. Detection of range shifts: General methodological issues and case studies of butterflies

    • Camille Parmesan
    Pages 57-76

  6. Climate and recent range changes in butterflies

    • Jane K. Hill, Chris D. Thomas, Brian Huntley
    Pages 77-88

  7. Expansion of Mediterranean Odonata in Germany and Europe — consequences of climatic changes

    • Jürgen Ott
    Pages 89-111

  8. Phytophenological trends in different seasons, regions and altitudes in Switzerland

    • Claudio Defila, Bernard Clot
    Pages 113-121

  9. Plant Phenological Changes

    • Annette Menzel, Nicole Estrella
    Pages 123-137

  10. High summits of the Alps in a changing climate

    • Harald Pauli, Michael Gottfried, Georg Grabherr
    Pages 139-149

  11. Evergreen broad-leaved species as indicators for climate change

    • Gian-Reto Walther, Gabriele Carraro, Frank Klötzli
    Pages 151-162

  12. The expansion of thermophilic plants in the Iberian Peninsula as a sign of climatic change

    • Eduardo Sobrino Vesperinas, Alberto González Moreno, Mario Sanz Elorza, Elias Dana Sánchez, Daniel Sánchez Mata, Rosario Gavilán
    Pages 163-184

  13. Climate change and coastal flora

    • Detlev Metzing, Albrecht Gerlach
    Pages 185-201

  14. Sizing the impact: Coral reef ecosystems as early casualties of climate change

    • Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
    Pages 203-228

  15. Fingerprints of climate changes on the photosynthetic apparatus’ behaviour, monitored by the JIP-test

    • Merope Tsimilli-Michael, Reto J. Strasser
    Pages 229-247

  16. Did recent climatic shifts affect productivity of grassdominated vegetation in southern Switzerland?

    • Andreas Stampfli
    Pages 249-261

  17. Responses of some Austrian glacier foreland plants to experimentally changed microclimatic conditions

    • Brigitta Erschbamer
    Pages 263-279

  18. Reliability and effectiveness of Ellenberg’s indices in checking flora and vegetation changes induced by climatic variations

    • Sandro Pignatti, Pietro Bianco, Giuliano Fanelli, Riccardo Guarino, Jörg Petersen, Paolo Tescarollo
    Pages 281-304

  19. Fingerprints of climate change — concluding remarks

    • Christian Körner, Gian-reto walther
    Pages 305-316

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 317-329
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About this book

In recent years an increasing number of studies have been published reporting observations of adapted behaviour and shifting species ranges of plant and animal species due to recent climate warming. Are these `fingerprints' of climate change? An international conference was organised to bring together scientists from different continents with different expertise but sharing the same issue of climate change impact studies. Ecologists, zoologists, and botanists exchanged and discussed the findings from their individual field of research. The present book is an international collection of biological signs of recent climate warming, neither based only on computer models nor on prediction for the future, but mainly on actually occurring changes in the biosphere such as adapted behaviour or shifts in the ranges of species. `Fingerprints' of Climate Change presents ecological evidence that organisms are responding to recent global warming. The observed changes may foreshadow the types of impacts likely to become more frequent and widespread with continued warming.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    G.-R. Walther

  • University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland

    C. A. Burga

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

    P. J. Edwards

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: “Fingerprints” of Climate Change

  • Book Subtitle: Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges

  • Editors: G.-R. Walther, C. A. Burga, P. J. Edwards

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8692-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4667-8Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8692-4Published: 09 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 329

  • Topics: Climate Change, Atmospheric Sciences, Ecology, Plant Sciences, Zoology

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