Introduction. Integrating ecology and systematics in climate change research / T.R. Hodkinson ; Climate modelling and deep-time climate change / R. Caballero and P. Lynch ; The perils of addressing long term challenges in a short-term world : making descriptive taxonomy predictive / R.M. Bateman ; Adaptation, speciation and extinction. Global climate and extinction : evidence from the fossil record / P.J. Mayhew ; Long-term fluctuations in atmospheric CO2 concentration influence plant speciation rates / J.C. McElwain, K.J. Willis and K.J. Niklas ; Wood anatomy and climate change / P. Baas and E.A. Wheeler ; Savanna biome evolution, climate change and the ecological expansion of C4 grasses / Y. Bouchenak-Khelladi and T.R. Hodkinson ; Climate warming results in phenotypic and evolutionary changes in spring events : a mini review / A. Donnelly [and others] ; Terrestrial green algae : systematics, biogeography and expected responses to climate change / F. Rindi -- Biogeography, migration and ecological niche modelling. Biodiversity informatics for climate change studies / A. Culham and C. Yesson ; Climate envelope models in systematics and evolutionary research : theory and practice / D. Rodder [and others] ; Biogeography of cyclamen : an application of phyloclimatic modelling / C. Yesson and A. Culham ; Cenozoic climate changes and the demise of Tethyan laurel forests : lessons for the future from an integrative reconstruction of the past / F. Rodriguez-Sanchez and J. Arroyo ; The impact of climate change on the origin and future of East African rainforest trees / L.W. Chatrou, J.J. Wieringa and T.L.P. Couvreur ; Hybridisation, introgression and climate change : a case study of the tree genus Fraxinus (Oleaceae) / M. Thomasset [and others] -- Conservation. Assessing the effectiveness of a protected area network in the face of climatic change / R. Huntley, D.G. Hole and S.G. Willis ; Documenting plant species in a changing climate : a case study from Arabia / M. Hall and A.G. Miller ; A critical appraisal of the meaning and diagnosability of cryptic evolutionary diversity, and its implications for conservation in the face of climate change / J. Bernardo ; Climate change and Cyperaceae / D.A. Simpson [and others] ; An interdisciplinary review of climate change trends and uncertainties : lichen biodiversity, arctic-alpine ecosystems and habitat loss / C.J. Ellis and R. Yahr ; Climate change and oceanic mountain vegetation : a case study of the montane heath and associated plant communities in western Irish mountains / R.L. Hodd and M.J. Sheehy Skeffington.