Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Predicted climate shifts within terrestrial protected areas worldwide

  • Samuel Hoffmann,
  • Severin D. H. Irl,
  • Carl Beierkuhnlein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12603-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Protected areas are important refugia for wildlife, so if climate conditions within them change, wildlife could lose critical suitable habitat. Here the authors calculate the projected gain and loss of climate conditions within terrestrial protected areas worldwide.