Climate change affects all living organisms; it has done so in the past and will do so in the future. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact of multiple types of global change on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems.

Effects of Climate Change on Birds provides an exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series (some dating back more than 100 years), a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, and a longer tradition of extensive research. In fact this research record exceeds what is available in all other organisms combined.

Features:

• * Summarizes and synthesizes the literature on birds and climate change, suggesting future research directions
• * Provides extensive overviews of the implications of climate change at a range of scales (from individuals to communities) for migration, genetics, genomics, ecology, evolution, and conservation
• * Includes a set of short, methodological chapters that tackle specific issues of analysis, illustrated with examples and key references
• * Integrates contributions from the leading researchers in the field to provide a truly coherent and comprehensive approach to the topic
• * Ideal graduate course material