“Fingerprints” of Climate Change: Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges ; [proceedings of the International Conference "Fingerprints" for Climate Change: Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges, Held February 23 - 25, 2001, at Ascona, Switzerland]Gian-Reto Walther, Conradin A. Burga, Peter J. Edwards In recent years an increasing number of studies have been published reporting observations of adapted behaviour and shifting ranges of plant and animal species due to recent climate warming. Are these fingerprints of climate change? An international conference was organized 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. |
Contents
Adapted behaviour and shifting ranges of species a result of recent climate warming? | 1 |
Terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate changes in the Antarctic | 17 |
Climate change and ice breeding pinnipeds | 43 |
General methodological issues and case studies of butterflies | 57 |
Climate and recent range changes in butterflies | 77 |
Expansion of Mediterranean Odonata in Germany and Europe consequences of climatic changes | 89 |
Phytophenological trends in different seasons regions and altitudes in Switzerland | 113 |
Plant Phenological Changes | 123 |
The expansion of thermophilic plants in the Iberian Peninsula as a sign of climatic change | 163 |
Climate change and coastal flora | 185 |
Coral reef ecosystems as early casualties of climate change | 203 |
Fingerprints of climate changes on the photosynthetic apparatus behaviour monitored by the JlPtest | 229 |
Did recent climatic shifts affect productivity of grass dominated vegetation in southern Switzerland? | 249 |
Responses of some Austrian glacier foreland plants to experimentally changed microclimatic conditions | 263 |
Reliability and effectiveness of Ellenbergs indices in checking flora and vegetation changes induced by climatic variations | 281 |
Fingerprints of climate change concluding remarks | 305 |
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