Extinction debts and colonization credits of non-forest plants in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12343-x
Abstract: Mountain plant species shift their elevational ranges in response to climate change. However, to what degree these shifts lag behind current climate change, and to what extent delayed extinctions and colonizations contribute to these shifts,… read more here.
Keywords: extinction; european alps; extinction debts; climate change ... See more keywords
Unpaid extinction debts for endemic plants and invertebrates as a legacy of habitat loss on oceanic islands
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DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12590
Abstract: Aim The majority of documented extinctions world-wide in the last four centuries are of species endemic to islands. However, the phenomenon of delayed extinctions as a result of habitat loss has rarely been assessed on… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; extinction; extinction debts; habitat loss ... See more keywords