On the Front Lines of Climate and Biodiversity Science

Lessons from UC Davis Field Research Stations
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-520-40543-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 205 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Relaying the results of cutting-edge biological research on ecosystem responses to global change, On the Front Lines of Climate and Biodiversity Science offers a crucial, multi-angled view of the value and power of long-term studies at field stations. Focusing on research conducted across California, from its coasts to the summits of the Sierra Nevada, this volume uses a cross-disciplinary approach to show how research from ecologically distinct systems can be evaluated together to produce meaningful insights. These studies reveal new perspectives on the role of field-based science in understanding California's biodiversity and advancing global conservation and habitat protection. The findings encourage readers to push forward despite pressing challenges and to remain thoughtfully engaged with nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bucciarelli, Gary

Larson, Edward J.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ContentsIntroductionGary M. Bucciarelli and Edward J. LarsonChapter 1: Using Animal Movement Ecology to Understand Biodiversity in a Changing WorldKaren E. MabryChapter 2: “The Little Things That Run the World”: Ants and Other Insects at Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, CaliforniaPhilip S. Ward  Chapter 3: McLaughlin Reserve as a Model System for Evolutionary EcologySusan Harrison, Eric LoPresti, Sharon Strauss, and Katherine TollChapter 4: Long-Term Ecological Research on the Endangered California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense, at the Jepson Prairie PreserveChristopher Searcy and H. Bradley ShafferChapter 5: Seasonality, Phenology, and Fire Recovery in the Lassen Volcanic Park UC Davis Field StationJulianne Pekny and Eric PostChapter 6: Gazing Seaward from Bodega Marine Reserve: Oceanography at the Land-Sea InterfaceJohn L. LargierEpilogueGary M. BucciarelliReferencesContributors BiosIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Gary Bucciarelli earned his PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from UCLA. He leads innovative research programs with the University of California and the California Sentinel Sites for Nature project. Edward Larson holds a PhD in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in genetics and evolutionary biology, and is author of sixteen books, including Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory.