Climate and Conservation: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action

374 Pages·2012·6.609 MB·English

by  Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty, Molly S. Cross

climate and conservation

Climate and Conservation
landscape and seascape science,
planning, and action
Edited by
Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross
Washington | Covelo | London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Climate and conservation : landscape and seascape science, planning, and action / edited by Jodi A. Hilty,
Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-170-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-61091-170-9 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-171-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-61091-171-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Biodiversity conservation. 2.Climate change
mitigation. 3. Endangered ecosystems. 4. Ecosystem management. I. Hilty, Jodi A. II. Chester,
Charles C. III. Cross, Molly S.
QH75.C56 2012
333.95'16—dc23
2012001573
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, Landscapes, seascapes, conservation, climate change, climate stress, climate
strategy, adaptation, conservation planning, biodiversity, resilience, resistance, transformation, conservation
area networks, livelihoods, science, connectivity, corridor, ecosystem-based adaptation, wildlife, ecosystems,
large-scale conservation.
To hope for our children
Samuel, Caleb, and Sophia Chester;
Jesse House and Remi Hilty;
Phoebe and Willa Cross;
and to the future of biodiversity

contents
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
PART 1 SETTING THE CONTEXT 1
Chapter 1 Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities 3
Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty, and Stephen C. Trombulak
Chapter 2 Landscape and Seascape Climate Change Planning and Action 16
Molly S. Cross, Anne M. Schrag, Evan H. Girvetz,
and Carolyn A. F. Enquist
PART 2 EQUATORIAL AND TROPICAL LANDSCAPES 31
Chapter 3 Albertine Rift, Africa 33
Anton Seimon and Andrew Plumptre
Chapter 4 The Brazilian Amazon 45
Eneas Salati, Marc Dourojeanni, Agenor Mundim,
Gilvan Sampaio, and Thomas Lovejoy
Chapter 5 Mesoamerican Biological Corridor 56
Margaret Buck Holland
PART 3 TEMPERATE AND MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES 67
Chapter 6 Boreal Forest, Canada 69
Meg Krawchuk, Kim Lisgo, Shawn Leroux, Pierre Vernier,
Steve Cumming, and Fiona Schmiegelow
Chapter 7 Cape Floristic Region, South Africa 80
Lee Hannah, Dave Panitz, and Guy Midgley
x Contents
Chapter 8 Eastern Mongolian Grassland Steppe 92
Evan H. Girvetz, Robert McDonald, Michael Heiner,
Joseph Kiesecker, GalbadrakhDavaa, Chris Pague, Matthew Durnin,
and Enkhtuya Oidov
Chapter 9 Northern Great Plains, North America 104
Anne M. Schrag and Steve Forrest
Chapter 10 Washington State, USA 115
Meade Krosby, Jennifer R. Hoffman, Joshua J. Lawler,
and Brad H. McRae
PART 4 FRESHWATER AND SEASCAPES 127
Chapter 11 Alps Freshwater, Europe 129
Leopold Füreder, Aurelia Ullrich-Schneider, and Thomas Scheurer
Chapter 12 Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh 144
Brian D. Smith and Elisabeth Fahrni Mansur
Chapter 13 Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji 155
Stacy Jupiter, Caleb McClennen, and Elizabeth Matthews
Chapter 14 Wider Caribbean Region 170
Marianne Fish
PART 5 MONTANE LANDSCAPES 185
Chapter 15 Altai-Sayan, Eurasia 187
Yuri Badenkov, Tatyana Yashina, and Graeme Worboys
Chapter 16 Great Eastern Ranges, Australia 202
Ian Pulsford, Graeme Worboys, Gary Howling, and Thomas Barrett
Chapter 17 Madrean Sky Islands, North America 217
Laura López-Hoffman and Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas
Chapter 18 The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion, North America 227
Stephen C. Trombulak, Robert F. Baldwin, Joshua J. Lawler,
Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman, and Mark G. Anderson
Contents xi
Chapter 19 Yellowstone to Yukon, North America 240
Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty, and Wendy L. Francis
PART 6 POLAR LAND TO SEASCAPES 253
Chapter 20 Arctic Alaska, USA 255
Steve Zack and Joe Liebezeit
Chapter 21 Antarctica 267
David Ainley and Tina Tin
PART 7 LESSONS LEARNED 279
Chapter 22 Moving Forward on Climate Change Science, 281
Planning, and Action
Jodi A. Hilty, Molly S. Cross, and Charles C. Chester
References 298
Contributors 345
Index 359