Extinction risk from climate change
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Yn: Nature, Cyfrol 427, Rhif 6970, 08.02.2004, t. 145-148.
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T1 - Extinction risk from climate change
AU - Thomas, C.D.
AU - Cameron, Alison
AU - Green, R.E.
AU - Bakkenes, B.
AU - Beaumont, L.J.
AU - Collingham, Y.C.
AU - Erasmus, B.F.N.
AU - Ferriera De Siqueira, M.
AU - Grainger, A.
AU - Hannah, L.
AU - Hughes, L.
AU - Huntley, B.
AU - Van Jaarsveld, A.S.
AU - Midgley, G.F.
AU - Miles, L.
AU - Ortega-Huerta, M.A.
AU - Peterson, A.T.
AU - Phillips, O.L.
AU - Williams, S.E.
PY - 2004/2/8
Y1 - 2004/2/8
N2 - Climate change over the past ,30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species1,2 and has been implicated in one species-level extinction3. Using projections of species’ distributions for future climate scenarios, we assess extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface. Exploring three approaches in which the estimated probability of extinction shows a powerlaw relationship with geographical range size, we predict, on the basis of mid-range climate-warming scenarios for 2050, that 15–37% of species in our sample of regions and taxa will be ‘committed to extinction’. When the average of the three methods and two dispersal scenarios is taken, minimal climate-warming scenarios produce lower projections of species committed to extinction (,18%) than mid-range (,24%) and maximum change (,35%) scenarios. These estimates show the importance of rapid implementation of technologies to decrease greenhouse
AB - Climate change over the past ,30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species1,2 and has been implicated in one species-level extinction3. Using projections of species’ distributions for future climate scenarios, we assess extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface. Exploring three approaches in which the estimated probability of extinction shows a powerlaw relationship with geographical range size, we predict, on the basis of mid-range climate-warming scenarios for 2050, that 15–37% of species in our sample of regions and taxa will be ‘committed to extinction’. When the average of the three methods and two dispersal scenarios is taken, minimal climate-warming scenarios produce lower projections of species committed to extinction (,18%) than mid-range (,24%) and maximum change (,35%) scenarios. These estimates show the importance of rapid implementation of technologies to decrease greenhouse
U2 - 10.1038/nature02121
DO - 10.1038/nature02121
M3 - Article
VL - 427
SP - 145
EP - 148
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 6970
ER -