Vulnerability and extinction risk of migratory species from different regions and ecosystems worldwide

Date:  March 26, 2018

Source:  University of California - Santa Barbara

Summary:

Forty million miles of major roads crisscross the Earth's continents -- enough to circle the planet 1,600 times. For humans, these thoroughfares are a boon, enabling them to move with ease from place to place. But for migrating animals who are also hemmed in by dams, rivers, shipping lanes, urban development and agriculture, they create another barrier.

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Climate change: Tropical species are most vulnerable to rising temperatures

Date:

July 9, 2014

Source:

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum

Summary:

Tropical species will be most at risk from rising temperatures as the discrepancy between physiological thermal limits and projected temperatures is highest in tropical regions, research shows. In contrast, a large part of mammal and bird species in temperate zones will find ambient temperatures in 2080 within their tolerance ranges. However, indirect effects of rising temperatures may counteract opportunities given by species’ physiological tolerances in temperate zones, researchers say.

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