Lucas Moyer-Horner wrote:
Anita, Below are two excellent case studies that are near
and dear to my heart. As far as i know, this is the first
evidence of a small-medium sized mammal being extirpated
by rising temperatures.
Beever, E.A., Brussard, P.F. and Berger, J. 2003. Patterns of
Lucas Moyer-Horner wrote:
Anita, Below are two excellent case studies that are near
and dear to my heart. As far as i know, this is the first
evidence of a small-medium sized mammal being extirpated
by rising temperatures.
Beever, E.A., Brussard, P.F. and Berger, J. 2003. Patterns of
Maybe you should read the actual peer reviewed paper instead of a news
article...
http://faculty.washington.edu/grayson/grayson-pikas.pdf
This study was covering the last 40,000 years.
Currently we are dealing with global temperatures, local and regional
temperatures may decline despite rising
Paul,
In the Beever et al (2003) article, you can see that the extirpated sites are
primarily located in the northwest corner of Nevada and southern Oregon, so
temperature averages for the entire state of Nevada are not particularly
informative. In this paper, the authors found that the
It is curious that your graphs go to 1920 and no further back, despite the
availability of data. Looking solely at the summer temperatures it appears that
1922 and 23 have a considerable impact on the trend. Alas I've not been able to
duplicate the sort of figures you're produced but messing
I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my request for these case
studies. This has helped me put together a much more effective lecture, I
believe. I don't want to flood the listserv, so if anyone is interested in the
list of cases/web sites that I ended up with, please let me know.
Anita,
Elizabeth Kolbert's book on climate change would have some excellent
stories -- corals, golden toads, butterflies, etc., presented in a
clear, accessible format. She's an excellent writer and synthesizer,
and her science writing is quite sound. You might also borrow some
stories
Anita,
Below are two excellent case studies that are near and dear to my heart.
As far as i know, this is the first evidence of a small-medium sized mammal
being extirpated by rising temperatures.
Beever, E.A., Brussard, P.F. and Berger, J. 2003. Patterns of apparent
extirpation among isolated
