Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction--the rationale for the National Wildlife Federation Cohort of Young Scientists studying wildlife responses to climate change / Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root -- Climate change : overview and implications for wildlife / Terry L. Root and Stephen H. Schneider -- Climate change and its effect on species range boundaries : a case study of the sachem skipper butterfly, Atalopedes campestris / Lisa Crozier -- Butterflies as model systems for understanding and predicting climate change / Jessica J. Hellmann -- Historical studies of species' responses to climate change : promises and pitfalls / Raphael Sagarin -- Community responses to climate change : links between temperature and keystone predation in a rocky intertidal system / Eric Sanford -- Testing climate change predictions with the subalpine species, Delphinium nuttallianum / Francisca Saavedra -- Modeling potential impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of vegetation in the United States with a probabilistic biogeography approach / Elena Shevliakova -- Climate change and the susceptibility of U.S. ecosystems to biological invasions : two cases of expected range expansion / Erika Zavaleta and Jennifer L. Royval -- Climate change, whitebark pine, and grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem -- Conclusion--climate change and wildlife, a look ahead / Patty Glick and Mark van Putten.