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SUBMITTER: Araujo MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3116148 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecology letters 20110330 5
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 p ...[more]