Background Centres of endemism have received much attention from evolutionists,
biogeographers, ecologists and conservationists. Climatic stability is often cited as a major …

To ensure the long-term persistence of biodiversity, conservation strategies must account for
the entire range of climate change impacts. A variety of spatial prioritisation techniques have …

Climate‐change adaptation focuses on conducting and translating research to minimize the
dire impacts of anthropogenic climate change, including threats to biodiversity and human …

Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

Key to understanding the implications of climate and land use change on biodiversity and
natural resources is to incorporate the physiographic platform on which changes in …

A vast number of prioritization schemes have been developed to help conservation navigate
tough decisions about the allocation of finite resources. However, the application of …

The principles of systematic conservation planning are now widely used by governments
and non-government organizations alike to develop biodiversity conservation plans for …

Refugia have been suggested as priority sites for conservation under climate change
because of their ability to facilitate survival of biota under adverse conditions. Here, we …

Global environmental changes have been driving large-scale shifts in the distributions of
species and in the composition of biological communities. This has thrown the continuing …

Evolutionary adaptation drives biodiversity. So far, however, evolutionary thinking has had
limited impact on plans to counter the effects of climate change on biodiversity and …