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Agriculture & Food Security | Human Health | Hydrologic Resources & Extreme Weather | Coastal Resources | Security | Species, Diversity, and Ecosystems

Regional Studies

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SPECIES / ECOSYSTEMS

Global Studies

Root, T.L., J.T. Price, K.R. Hall, S.H. Schneider, C. Rosenzweig, and J.A. Pounds. 2003. "Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants," Nature, Vol. 421, 57-60. [ABSTRACT]

Parmesan, Camille and Gary Yohe. 2003. "A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems," Nature, Vol. 421, 02 January, pp. 37-42. [ABSTRACT]

Malcolm, Jay R., Canran Liu, Laurie B. Miller, Tom Allnutt, and Lara Hansen. 2002. Habitats at Risk: Global Warming and Species Loss in Globally Significant Terrestrial Ecosystems. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): Gland, Switzerland. PDF

Harvell, C. Drew, Charles E. Mitchell, Jessica R. Ward, Sonia Altizer, Andrew P. Dobson, Richard S. Ostfeld, Michael D. Samuel. 2002. "Climate Warming and Disease Risks for Terrestrial and Marine Biota," Science, Vol. 296, No. 5576, 21 June, pp. 2158-2162.

Price, Jeff, and Patricia Glick. 2002. The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming. National Wildlife Federation: Reston, VA and American Bird Conservancy: The Plains, VA.  PDF

Bergengren, Jon C., Starley L. Thompson, David Pollard, and Robert M. DeConto. 2001. "Modeling Global Climate-Vegetation Interactions in a Doubled CO2 World," Climatic Change, Vol. 50, No. 1-2, July, pp. 31-75. [ABSTRACT]

Malcolm, Jay R. and Adam Markham. 2000. Global Warming And Terrestrial Biodiversity Decline. World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF): Washington, DC. PDF

Guisan, Antoine and Jean-Paul Theurillat. 2000. "Assessing alpine plant vulnerability to climate change: a modeling perspective," Integrated Assessment, Vol. 1, pp. 307-320. [ABSTRACT] PDF

Sykes, Martin T., I. Colin Prentice, and Fouzia Laarif. 1999. "Quantifying the Impact of Global Climate Change on Potential Natural Vegetation," Climatic Change, Vol. 41, No. 1, January, pp. 37-52. [ABSTRACT]

Donnelly, Maureen A., and Martha L. Crump. 1998. "Potential Effects of Climate Change on Two Neotropical Amphibian Assemblages," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 541-561. [ABSTRACT]

Kirilenko, Andrei P. and Allen M. Solomon. 1998. "Modeling Dynamic Vegetation Response to Rapid Climate Change Using Bioclimatic Classification," Climatic Change, Vol. 38, No. 1, January, pp. 15-49. [ABSTRACT]

Forests Species/Ecosystems

Chen, Xiongwen, "Modeling the Effects of Global Climatic Change at the Ecotone of Boreal Larch Forest and Temperate Forest in Northeast China," Climatic Change, Vol. 55, No. 1-2, October, pp. 77-97. [ABSTRACT]

Perez-Garcia, John, Linda A. Joyce, A. David Mcguire, and Xiangming Xiao. 2002. "Impacts of Climate Change on the Global Forest Sector," Climatic Change, Vol. 54, No. 4, September, pp. 439-461. [ABSTRACT]

Morgan, M. Granger, Louis F. Pitelka, and Elena Shevliakova. 2001. "Elicitation of Expert Judgments of Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems," Climatic Change, Vol. 49, No. 3, May, pp. 279-307. [ABSTRACT]

Herbst, Mathias and Georg Hörmann. 1998. "Predicting Effects of Temperature Increase on the Water Balance of Beech Forest - An Application of the 'KAUSHA' Model," Climatic Change, Vol. 40, No. 3-4, December, pp. 683-698. [ABSTRACT]

Ramakrishnan, P. S. 1998. "Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Tropical Rain Forest Landscape," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 583-600. [ABSTRACT]

Ravindranath, N.H., and R. Sukumar. 1998. "Climate Change and Tropical Forests in India," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 563-581. [ABSTRACT]

Benzing, David H. 1998. "Vulnerabilities of Tropical Forests to Climate Change: The Significance of Resident Epiphytes," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 519-540. [ABSTRACT]

Loope, Lloyd L., and Thomas W. Giambelluca. 1998. "Vulnerability of Island Tropical Montane Cloud Forests to Climate Change, with Special Reference to East Maui, Hawaii," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 503-517. [ABSTRACT]

Bawa, Kamaljit S., and S. Dayanandan. 1998. "Global Climate Change and Tropical Forest Genetic Resources," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 473-485. [ABSTRACT]

Coley, Phyllis D. 1998. "Possible Effects of Climate Change on Plant/Herbivore Interactions in Moist Tropical Forests," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 455-472. [ABSTRACT]

Corlett , Richard T.. and James V. Lafrankie, Jr. 1998. "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Asian Forests Through an Influence on Phenology," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 439-453. [ABSTRACT]

Whitmore, T. C. 1998. "Potential Impact of Climatic Change on Tropical Rain Forest Seedlings and Forest Regeneration," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, July, pp. 429-438. [ABSTRACT]

Borchert, Rolf. 1998. "Responses of Tropical Trees to Rainfall Seasonality and its Long-Term Changes," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, pp. 381-393. [ABSTRACT]

Körner, Christian. 1998. "Tropical Forests in a Co2-Rich World," Climatic Change, Vol. 39, No. 2-3, pp. 297-315. [ABSTRACT]

Sedjo, Roger and Brent Sohngen. 1998. Impacts of Climate Change on Forests. Resources for the Future: Washington, D.C., Climate Issue Brief #9, Second Edition.
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Marine Species/Ecosystems

Hoegh-Guldberg, O., H. Hoegh-Guldberg, D. K. Stout, H. Cesar and A. Timmerman. 2000. Pacific in Peril: Biological, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change on Pacific Coral Reefs. Greenpeace. PDF

Burke, Lauretta, Liz Selig, and Mark Spalding. 2002. Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia. World Resources Institute: Washington, D.C. PDF

Hoegh - Guldberg, Ove. 1999. Climate Change, Coral Bleaching, and the Future of the World's Coral Reefs. Greenpeace USA: Washington, D.C. PDF