[MCN] Heat dominates a changing distribution of birds

[Lance Olsen]

Study: Temperature a dominant influence on bird diversity loss in Mexico
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS --
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015
A wide-ranging study of gains and losses of 
populations of bird species across Mexico in the 
20th century shows shifts in temperature due to 
global climate change are the primary 
environmental influence on the distributions of 
bird species.
Full release here:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/uok-sta070715.php
Excerpt from the full release:
"When you design protected areas, like national 
parks or biospheres for biodiversity 
conservation, that design needs to take into 
account how climates are changing," he said. 
"They've done major planning, more than in the 
U.S., for present-day distributions of species. 
But climate change must be taken into account 
because those distributions are changing."

JOURNAL: Science Advances
Full journal article open access here:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/4/e1400071.abstract

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"Conservationists must therefore assess both 
current and future distributions of species."

"One critical question is whether models Š can Š 
provide robust predictions of future 
distributions under climate change."

Miguel B. Araújo and Carsten Rahbek.
"How Does Climate Change Affect Biodiversity?"
Science, Vol. 313, September 8, 2006
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