The metapopulation paradigm is central in ecology and conservation biology to understand
the dynamics of spatially-structured populations in fragmented landscapes. Metapopulations …

Context Biodiversity conservation for terrestrial species often emphasizes land protection to
help maintain connectivity among habitat patches. However, conservation of aquatic and …

The ongoing climate change and the unprecedented rate of biodiversity loss render the
need to accurately project future species distributional patterns more critical than ever …

The global amphibian crisis is driven by a range of stressors including disease, habitat loss,
and environmental contamination. The role of climate change remains poorly studied and is …

Climate change creates new challenges for resource managers and decision-makers with
broad and often complex effects that make it difficult to accurately predict and design …

Natural and anthropogenic stressors typically do not occur in isolation; therefore,
understanding ecological risk of contaminant exposure should account for potential …

Severe population declines of amphibians have been shown to be attributed to climate
change. Nevertheless, the various mechanisms through which climate can influence …

308| Chapter Fifteen birds, butterflies, and alpine herbs have moved an average of 6.1
km/decade northward or 6.1 m/decade upward (Parmesan and Yohe 2003). While …

Integrating Climate Change into Northeast and Midwest State Wildlife Action Plans Page 1
The DOI Northeast Climate Science Center Michelle D. Staudinger, Toni Lyn Morelli, and …

Genetic tools that identify species from trace DNA samples could supplement traditional
survey methods to clarify distributional limits of rare species. For species with legal habitat …