Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes

Solomon Z. Dobrowski; Caitlin E. Littlefield; Drew S. Lyons; Clark Hollenberg; Carlos Carroll; Sean A. Parks; John T. Abatzoglou; Katherine Hegewisch; Josh Gage

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00270-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2021)

Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes

Solomon Z. Dobrowski,
Caitlin E. Littlefield,
Drew S. Lyons,
Clark Hollenberg,
Carlos Carroll,
Sean A. Parks,
John T. Abatzoglou,
Katherine Hegewisch,
Josh Gage

Affiliations

Solomon Z. Dobrowski: Department of Forest Management, University of Montana
Caitlin E. Littlefield: Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
Drew S. Lyons: Department of Forest Management, University of Montana
Clark Hollenberg: Department of Forest Management, University of Montana
Carlos Carroll: Klamath Center for Conservation Research
Sean A. Parks: Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service
John T. Abatzoglou: Management of Complex Systems, College of Engineering, University of California Merced
Katherine Hegewisch: Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Merced
Josh Gage: Gage Cartographics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00270-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Preservation of biodiversity by expanding protected areas is complicated by expected climate change that could dissociate ecoregion or biome from climate conditions in over half of land area, according to analyses of spatial climate analogs

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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