The specific vulnerability of plant biodiversity and vegetation on Mediterranean islands in the face of global change

F Médail - Regional Environmental Change, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The numerous Mediterranean islands (> 10,000) are very important from a
biodiversity point of view, both in term of plant species (numerous endemics, presence of …

Generalists yet different: Distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits

S Smeraldo, L Bosso, VB Salinas‐Ramos… - Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is among the key anthropogenic factors affecting species' distribution, with
important consequences for conservation. However, little is known concerning the …

Can species distribution models really predict the expansion of invasive species?

M Barbet-Massin, Q Rome, C Villemant, F Courchamp - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Predictive studies are of paramount importance for biological invasions, one of the biggest
threats for biodiversity. To help and better prioritize management strategies, species …

Terrestrial and inland water systems

J Settele, R Scholes, RA Betts, S Bunn… - 2014 - research-repository.griffith.edu.au
The topics assessed in this chapter were last assessed by the IPCC in 2007, principally in
WGII AR4 Chapters 3 (Kundzewicz et al., 2007) and 4 (Fischlin et al., 2007), but also in WGII …

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Step** stones are crucial for species' long‐distance dispersal and range expansion through habitat networks

S Saura, Ö Bodin, MJ Fortin - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Climate and land‐use changes will require species to move large distances following shifts
in their suitable habitats, which will frequently involve traversing intensively human‐modified …

Impacts of climate change scenarios on European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Turkey

T Varol, U Canturk, M Cetin, HB Ozel, H Sevik - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to have various impacts on forest ecosystems through drought,
heat stress, insect invasions and forest fires. Therefore, lack of taking the necessary …

**st recruits the X chromosome to the nuclear lamina to enable chromosome-wide silencing

CK Chen, M Blanco, C Jackson, E Aznauryan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The **st long noncoding RNA orchestrates X chromosome inactivation, a process that
entails chromosome-wide silencing and remodeling of the three-dimensional (3D) structure …

Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss

R Warren, J VanDerWal, J Price, JA Welbergen… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Climate change is expected to have significant influences on terrestrial biodiversity at all
system levels, including species-level reductions in range size and abundance, especially …

Climate change: The 2015 Paris Agreement thresholds and Mediterranean basin ecosystems

J Guiot, W Cramer - Science, 2016 - science.org
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement of
December 2015 aims to maintain the global average warming well below 2° C above the …

Global habitat suitability models of terrestrial mammals

C Rondinini, M Di Marco, F Chiozza… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Detailed large-scale information on mammal distribution has often been lacking, hindering
conservation efforts. We used the information from the 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened …