Includes bibliographical references and index.

UNIT I: SETTING THE STAGE Chapter 1. Approaches in Global Change BiologyHow Did the Field of Global Change Biology Develop?How Are Global Change Biology Studies Designed?What Key Research Approaches Are Used in Global Change Biology?What Key Tools Are Used in Global Change Biology?Core Concepts: How are Data Displayed?Meet the Data: The Economic Value of NatureTaking a Closer Look: The Value of Biological DiversityChapter 2. Brief History of Life on EarthWhat Key Transitions Led to the Emergence of Life on Earth?How Did Cellular Life Evolve and Diversify?What Evolutionary Processes Shape Biological Diversity?When Have Speciation and Extinction Rates Been Particularly High?Core Concepts: What is a Phylogenetic Tree?Meet the Data: The Ring of LifeTaking a Closer Look: Biological Levels of ChangeChapter 3. Rise of the HumansWhen and How Did Early Hominids Evolve?When and How Did Modern Humans Spread Around the World?How Did Early Human Civilizations Impact the Environment?Core Concepts: What Is In a Name?Meet the Data: Ice Age GeneticsTaking a Closer Look: The Evolutionary Success of HumansChapter 4. The AnthropoceneWhat Is the Anthropocene and When Did It Begin?What Are Patterns of Contemporary Population Growth?How Are Contemporary Human Civilizations Impacting the Environment?How Do Anthropogenic Stressors Interact with Each Other?What Influences Overall Vulnerability to Global Change Pressures?Core Concepts: What is Climate and How Is It Measured?Meet the Data: Pollinators and PesticidesTaking a Closer Look: Historical and Contemporary Climate ChangeUNIT II: CORE RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE STRESSORSChapter 5. Core Responses: MoveHow and Why Do Organisms Move?What Is a Geographic Range?What Factors Determine a Species' Geographic Range?Do Range Changes Occur Even Without Anthropogenic Influence?What Types of Range Changes Occur in Response to Anthropogenic Pressures?How Do Scientists Predict Range Changes?Core Concepts: What Is a Niche?Meet the Data: A Century of Change in YosemiteTaking a Closer Look: Globalization and Invasive SpeciesChapter 6. Core Responses: AdjustWhat Is Phenotypic Plasticity?Is the Capacity for Plasticity Consistent Across Traits and Species?What Types of Plasticity Occur in Response to Global ChangeWhat Mechanisms Underlie Phenotypic Plasticity?How Do Scientists Assess and Predict Phenotypic Plasticity?Can Plasticity Facilitate Long-Term Persistence?Core Concepts: What Are the Mechanisms of Heredity?Meet the Data: Phenology and Global WarmingTaking a Closer Look: UrbanizationChapter 7. Core Responses: AdaptWhat Conditions Are Required for Adaptation?What Is an Example of Evolution by Natural Selection?What Types of Adaptation Occur in Response to Global Change Pressures?How Do Scientists Identify Adaptations and Predict Adaptive Potential?Can Adaptation Prevent Extinction?Core Concepts: Where Does Genetic Variation Come From?Meet the Data: The Daphnia Time MachineTaking a Closer Look: Coral ReefsChapter 8. Core Responses: DieHow Is the Survival of Individuals, Populations, and Species Connected?What Are Examples of Extinction in Response to Global Change Pressures?How Do Scientists Estimate Extinction Risk?How Do Scientists Summarize Global Patterns of Extinction Risk?What Is the Sixth Mass Extinction?Core Concepts: What is Extinction Debt?Meet the Data: The Sixth Mass ExtinctionTaking a Closer Look: Amphibian DeclinesUNIT III: COMPLEX RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE PRESSURESChapter 9. Community-Level ResponsesWhat Are Key Types of Biological Interactions?How Do Global Change Pressures Affect Biological Interactions?How Does Extinction Affect Communities?What Are Cascading Effects?Core Concepts: What Are Above- and Below-Ground Food Webs?Meet the Data: The Collapse of MutualismsTaking a Closer Look: Kelp Forests and Trophic CascadesChapter 10. Ecosystem-Level ResponsesWhat Are Biogeochemical Cycles?How Do Global Change Pressures Impact Ecosystems?How Do Global Change Pressures Impact Large-Scale Earth Systems?What Is a Feedback? What Is Ecosystem Collapse?What Is Ecosystem Resilience? Core Concepts: What is a Biodiversity Hotspot?Meet the Data: Greenhouse Gases in the SoilTaking a Closer Look: Factors Influencing Response to Global ChangeUNIT IV: NEW HORIZONSChapter 11. Conservation in an Era of Global ChangeWhy Is It Important to Explicitly Define Conservation Priorities?Why Is It Important to Match Conservation Actions to Particular Biological Levels?What Are Examples of Fine-Filter Conservation Strategies?What Are Examples of Coarse-Filter Conservation Strategies?What Is Adaptive Management?Core Concepts: What is Climate Mitigation?Meet the Data: Maximizing Evolutionary DiversityTaking a Closer Look: Emerging Technologies and Conservation EthicsChapter 12. Aligning the Interests of Biodiversity and Human SocietyWhat Are Coupled Human-Natural Systems? What Societal Levers Can Be Used to Support Biodiversity Conservation?How Can Individuals Support Biodiversity Conservation?How Can Collectives Support Biodiversity Conservation?How Can Policy Action Support Biodiversity Conservation?What Is the Forecast for the Future?Core Concepts: What is I=PAT?Meet the Data: Financial Incentives for Dynamic ConservationTaking a Closer Look: Environmental Worldviews.

"Bree Rosenblum's Global Change Biology provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Global Change Biology and a roadmap for structuring Global Change Biology courses, a burgeoning field of biological study. The first of its kind, Rosenblum goes beyond the narrow focus of existing texts, which tend to focus on climate only, by offering a conceptionally integrated approach to understanding how humans have impacted life on Earth. The textbook guides students to think about change across spatial and temporal scales and fills a unique niche of integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives throughout. The conceptual arc of the textbook is organized around four fundamental learning objectives that traverse the past, present, and future. Students will explore: a) the complex history of planetary change, b) the impact of contemporary stressors across biological levels, biomes, and the tree of life, c) the dynamic interactions and responses of living systems to planetary change, and d) the opportunities for maintaining resilient ecosystems in a changing world. Enrichment features include Core Concepts boxes reviewing foundational material, Meet the Data boxes providing direct experience interpreting global change biology data, and Taking a Closer Look providing an opportunity to evaluate multifaceted biological responses in complex systems. Pre- and post- assessment tools like The Blank Page and reflection questions throughout, encourage students to reflect, self-assess, and deepen their learning."-.