Invertebrates and Global Climate Change

Abstract

Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Predictions for Climate and Atmospheric Change -- 1.3 General Mechanisms for Climate Change Impacts on Invertebrates -- 1.4 Themes of the Book -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part I: Methods for Studying Invertebrates and Climate Change -- Chapter 2: Using Historical Data for Studying Range Changes -- Summary -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Review of Historical Data Sets on Species' Distributions -- 2.3 Methods for Using Historical Data to Estimate Species' Range Changes -- 2.4 Challenges and Biases in Historical Data -- 2.5 New Ways of Analysing Data and Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3: Experimental Approaches for Assessing Invertebrate Responses to Global Change Factors -- Summary -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Experimental Scale: Reductionist, Holistic and Integrated Approaches -- 3.3 Experimental Design: Statistical Concerns -- 3.4 Experimental Endpoints: Match Metrics to Systems -- 3.5 Experimental Systems: Manipulations From Bottle to Field -- 3.6 Team Science: the Human Dimension -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4: Transplant Experiments - a Powerful Method to Study Climate Change Impacts -- Summary -- 4.1 Global Climate Change -- 4.2 Climate Change Impacts on Species -- 4.3 Climate Change Impacts on Communities -- 4.4 Common Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts -- 4.5 Transplant Experiments - a Powerful Tool to Study Climate Change -- 4.6 Transplant Experiment Trends Using Network Analysis -- 4.7 What's Missing in Our Current Approaches? Next Steps for Implementing Transplant Experiments -- Acknowledgements -- References