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Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios

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  • A. Townsend Peterson

    (The University of Kansas)

  • Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta

    (The University of Kansas)

  • Jeremy Bartley

    (The University of Kansas)

  • Victor Sánchez-Cordero

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • Jorge Soberón

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • Robert H. Buddemeier

    (The University of Kansas)

  • David R. B. Stockwell

    (University of California)

Abstract

Global climates are changing rapidly, with unexpected consequences1. Because elements of biodiversity respond intimately to climate as an important driving force of distributional limitation2, distributional shifts and biodiversity losses are expected3,4. Nevertheless, in spite of modelling efforts focused on single species2 or entire ecosystems5, a few preliminary surveys of fauna-wide effects6,7, and evidence of climate change-mediated shifts in several species8,9, the likely effects of climate change on species' distributions remain little known, and fauna-wide or community-level effects are almost completely unexplored6. Here, using a genetic algorithm and museum specimen occurrence data, we develop ecological niche models for 1,870 species occurring in Mexico and project them onto two climate surfaces modelled for 2055. Although extinctions and drastic range reductions are predicted to be relatively few, species turnover in some local communities is predicted to be high (>40% of species), suggesting that severe ecological perturbations may result.

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  • A. Townsend Peterson & Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta & Jeremy Bartley & Victor Sánchez-Cordero & Jorge Soberón & Robert H. Buddemeier & David R. B. Stockwell, 2002. "Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios," Nature, Nature, vol. 416(6881), pages 626-629, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:416:y:2002:i:6881:d:10.1038_416626a
    DOI: 10.1038/416626a
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