Effects of climate change on terrestrial animals [Chapter 9]

Megan M. Friggens; Mary I. Williams; Karen Bagne; Tosha T. Wixom; Samuel A. Cushman

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Effects of climate change on terrestrial animals [Chapter 9]

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Authors:

Megan M. Friggens, Mary I. Williams, Karen Bagne, Tosha T. Wixom, Samuel A. Cushman

Year:

2018

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Ho, Joanne J.; Little, Natalie, J.; Joyce, Linda A., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 2]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 264-315.

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Abstract

The Intermountain Adaptation Partnership (IAP) region encompasses a high diversity of grassland, shrubland, and forest habitats across a broad range of elevational gradients, supporting high biodiversity in the interior western United States. Terrestrial species comprise a wide range of life forms, each expressing varying levels of habitat specialization and life history traits. Species exist within complex communities that have formed over time through a long process of adaptation and coevolution. Over the last century, this balance has been disrupted first by human-induced changes to fire regimes and land conversion, and more recently by climate change.

Parent Publication

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 2]

Keywords

adaptation, climate change, ecological disturbance, Intermountain Adaptation Partnership, resilience, science-management partnership, vulnerability assessment

Citation

Friggens, Megan M.; Williams, Mary I.; Bagne, Karen E.; Wixom, Tosha T.; Cushman, Samuel A. 2018. Effects of climate change on terrestrial animals [Chapter 9]. In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Ho, Joanne J.; Little, Natalie, J.; Joyce, Linda A., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 2]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 264-315.