Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for develo** effective
strategies to conserve them. The last three decades have seen exponential growth in the …

Declines in European bird populations are reported for decades but the direct effect of major
anthropogenic pressures on such declines remains unquantified. Causal relationships …

Rising temperatures are leading to increased prevalence of warm-affinity species in
ecosystems, known as thermophilisation. However, factors influencing variation in …

Climate change has caused deserts, already defined by climatic extremes, to warm and dry
more rapidly than other ecoregions in the contiguous United States over the last 50 years …

Animal populations have undergone substantial declines in recent decades. These declines
have occurred alongside rapid, human‐driven environmental change, including climate …

Species respond to climate change in two dominant ways: range shifts in latitude or
elevation and phenological shifts of life-history events. Range shifts are widely viewed as …

As climate change accelerates, species are shifting poleward and subtropical and tropical
species are colonizing temperate environments. 1–3 A popular approach for characterizing …

In response to global habitat loss, many governmental and non‐governmental organizations
have implemented land acquisition programs to protect critical habitats permanently for …

Aim Global declines in the populations of migratory species have been attributed largely to
climate change and anthropogenic habitat change. However, the relative contribution of …

One-fifth of the world's reptiles are currently estimated as threatened with extinction,
primarily due to the immediate threats of habitat loss and overexploitation. Climate change …