Climate change threatens European conservation areas

Miguel Bastos Araujo; Diogo Alagador; Mar Cabeza; David Bravo Nogues; Wilfried Thuiller

doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01610.x

Climate change threatens European conservation areas

Miguel Bastos Araujo, Diogo Alagador, Mar Cabeza, David Bravo Nogues, Wilfried Thuiller

Ecology and Evolution

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Abstract

Europe has the world's most extensive network of conservation areas. Conservation areas are selected without taking into account the effects of climate change. How effectively would such areas conserve biodiversity under climate change? We assess the effectiveness of protected areas and the Natura 2000 network in conserving a large proportion of European plant and terrestrial vertebrate species under climate change. We found that by 2080, 58 ± 2.6% of the species would lose suitable climate in protected areas, whereas losses affected 63 ± 2.1% of the species of European concern occurring in Natura 2000 areas. Protected areas are expected to retain climatic suitability for species better than unprotected areas (P

Original language	English
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	484-492
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1461-023X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01610.x
Publication status	Published - May 2011

Keywords

Animals
Climate Change
Conservation of Natural Resources
Europe
Geography
Models, Theoretical
Plant Physiological Phenomena

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