This special section presents seven research articles and reviews on a variety of topics, including impacts, adaptation and conservation planning in terrestrial plants and animals.
Conservation Biology, (2010), 24, p7-77
Special Section: Ecological Responses to Contemporary Climate Change within Species, Communities, and Ecosystems. p 7-9
Understanding Recent Climate Change. p 10-17
Effects of More Frequent and Prolonged El Nino Events on Life-History Parameters of the Degu, a Long-Lived and Slow-Reproducing Rodent. p 18-28
Vegetation Response to Early Holocene Warming as an Analog for Current and Future Changes. p 29-37
Projected Climate Impacts for the Amphibians of the Western Hemisphere. p 38-50
Matching the Multiple Scales of Conservation with the Multiple Scales of Climate Change. p 51-62
Designing Climate-Smart Conservation: Guidance and Case Studies. p 63-69
A Global Conservation System for Climate-Change Adaptation. p 70-77
