Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events
Aim Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …
Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change
LL Thurman, BA Stein, EA Beever… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change serves as the basis for climate‐
adaptation planning and climate‐smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of …
adaptation planning and climate‐smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of …
Climate change modifies risk of global biodiversity loss due to land-cover change
Climate change and land-cover change will have major impacts on biodiversity persistence
worldwide. These two stressors are likely to interact, but how climate change will mediate …
worldwide. These two stressors are likely to interact, but how climate change will mediate …
Geography, taxonomy, extinction risk and exposure of fully migratory birds to droughts and cyclones
RGG Preston‐Allen, H Häkkinen… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to drive unprecedented increases in the
frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events, such as drought and cyclones. The …
frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events, such as drought and cyclones. The …
Assessing the global vulnerability of dryland birds to heatwaves
As global average surface temperature increases, extreme climatic events such as
heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, which can drive biodiversity responses …
heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, which can drive biodiversity responses …
A dataset on the morphological, life-history and ecological traits of the mammals in China
Species traits reflect the species' ecological function and fitness. The trait data play a vital
role in studying biodiversity maintenance and loss, species evolution and adaptation …
role in studying biodiversity maintenance and loss, species evolution and adaptation …
Mapping the vulnerability of animal community to pressure in marine systems: disentangling pressure types and integrating their impact from the individual to the …
G Certain, LL Jørgensen, I Christel… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Assessing the vulnerability of biological communities to anthropic pressures in marine
systems may be challenging because of the difficulty to properly model each species' …
systems may be challenging because of the difficulty to properly model each species' …
Identifying protected areas in biodiversity hotspots at risk from climate and human-induced compound events for conserving threatened species
EI Ameca, Y Nie, R Wu, RA Mittermeier… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pressure in areas of biodiversity importance erodes the integrity of the
ecosystems they harbour, making features of biodiversity less buffered against extreme …
ecosystems they harbour, making features of biodiversity less buffered against extreme …
Combined impacts of global changes on biodiversity across the USA
Most studies of the effects of global changes on biodiversity focus on a single threat, but
multiple threats lead to species extinction. We lack spatially explicit assessments of the …
multiple threats lead to species extinction. We lack spatially explicit assessments of the …
Predicting shifts in large herbivore distributions under climate change and management using a spatially-explicit ecosystem model
Wildlife managers use a variety of interventions to alter species distributions but it is
uncertain how effective these techniques will be under shifting climate. There is growing …
uncertain how effective these techniques will be under shifting climate. There is growing …