In the face of anthropogenic climate change, species must acclimate, adapt, move, or die.
Although some species are moving already, their ability to keep up with the faster changes …

Climate refugia, locations where taxa survive periods of regionally adverse climate, are
thought to be critical for maintaining biodiversity through the glacial–interglacial climate …

Paeonia (Paeoniaceae), an economically important plant genus, includes many popular
ornamentals and medicinal plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine. Little is …

The reasons for concern framework communicates scientific understanding about risks in
relation to varying levels of climate change. The framework, now a cornerstone of the IPCC …

Concerns related to climate change and global warming caused by anthropogenic activities
and fossil energy use in particular have been increasing lately. Air pollution and volatile …

Current predictions of extinction risks from climate change vary widely depending on the
specific assumptions and geographic and taxonomic focus of each study. I synthesized …

Projected effects of climate change across many ecosystems globally include more frequent
disturbance by fire and reduced plant growth due to warmer (and especially drier) …

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

Understanding the causes of spatial variation in species richness is a major research focus
of biogeography and macroecology. Gridded environmental data and species richness …

Expanding and enhancing protected area networks (PAs) is at the forefront of efforts to
conserve and restore global biodiversity but climate change and habitat loss can interact …