Global Warming and Extinctions of Endemic Species from Biodiversity Hotspots

By J. Malcolm, Canran Liu, R. Neilson, L. Hansen, L. Hannah. Conservation Biology, 2006

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Effects of climate change on species distribution, community structure, and conservation of birds in protected areas in Colombia (2013, background): “Under conservative assumptions, Malcolm et al. (2006) projected that at least 2.7 % of the species that occur in the Tropical Andes may become extinct as a result of doubling of CO2 atmospheric concentrations, although this figure could be as high as 47 %.”
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review (2009, background): “Malcolm et al. (2006) predicts that doubling the pre-industrial level of CO2 concentration (at 550 ppm) could lead to about 133 to 2,835 plant species becoming extinct in the Indo-Burma region.”
Tropical tree community shifts: Implications for wildlife conservation (2010, background): “Conservation managers in such reserves have thus placed much emphasis on immediate challenging issues such as habitat loss (Brooks et al., 2002), bushmeat hunting (Fa et al., 2002; Laurance et al., 2008), and recently climate change (Chapman et al., 2006; Malcolm et al., 2006; Brook et al., 2008).”
On the brink of extinction? How climate change may affect global chelonian species richness and distribution (2012, background): “Looking towards the future, some authors suggest that global change may have devastating consequences for global biodiversity (e.g., Malcom et al., 2006; Pereira et al., 2010; Beaumont et al., 2011) and that a high percentage of species may even be ‘committed to extinction’ (Thomas et al., 2004).”
From climate change predictions to actions – conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale (2010, background): “, 2000) and one of the biodiversity hotspots likely to undergo major losses due to climate change, along with the Cape Floristic Region, the Caribbean, Indo-Burma, Southwest Australia and the Tropical Andes (Malcolm et al., 2006).”
Disproportional risk for habitat loss of high‐altitude endemic species under climate change (2011, background): “, 2008) and loss of suitable habitat (Malcolm et al., 2006).”
Mediterranean island biodiversity and climate change: the last 10,000 years and the future (2016, background): “Endemic plants and vertebrates are also particularly vulnerable to climate change (Malcolm et al. 2006), with the risk expected to be higher as altitude increases and important habitats rendered unsuitable for some species such as the Sicilian fir Abies”
Potential impact of climate change on aquatic insects: A sensitivity analysis for European caddisflies (Trichoptera) based on distribution patterns and ecological preferences (2009, background): “• Species with limited distribution (“endemic species”) are characterised by a restricted ecological niche and limited dispersal, thus being more affected by climate change than widely distributed species as shown for vascular plants ( Malcolm et al., 2006 ) and also supposed for benthic invertebrat”
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (2017, neutral): “Extinction risk from climate change has been widely discussed and contested ( 38 – 40 ), and predictions of extinction risk for the 21st century are considerable ( 41 ).”
Distribution patterns, range size and niche breadth of Austrian endemic plants. (2009, background): “Distribution patterns, range are expected to be especially vulnerable to these pressures due to their often small population sizes, low genetic diversity and specific habitat requirements (Gilpin and Soulé, 1986; Dirnböck et al., 2003; Thomas et al., 2004; Thuiller et al., 2005; Malcolm et al., 2006”
Eco-evolutionary conservation biology: contemporary evolution and the dynamics of persistence (2007, background): “Dire predictions of accelerated extinction rates include the demise of over a third of the species in some regions within a century (Pimm & Raven 2000; Thomas et al . 2004; Malcolm et al . 2006 ) and the prospect of another mass extinction with rates well above historical background levels (Wilson ”
The data void in modeling current and future distributions of tropical species (2011, background): “Even if species are capable of migrating, these range shifts often result in reduced habitat areas, increased risks of extinction, and loss of local biodiversity (Thomas et al., 2004; Malcolm et al., 2006; Colwell et al., 2008; Feeley & Silman, 2009a).”
The projected effects of climatic and vegetation changes on the distribution and diversity of Southeast Asian bats (2012, background): “Such climatically induced changes in biomes are predicted to cause the loss of up to 43% of the endemic fauna within the Indo-Burmese region (Malcolm et al., 2006).”