Vulnerability of cloud forest reserves in Mexico to climate change

Rocío Ponce-Reyes (), Víctor-Hugo Reynoso-Rosales, James E. M. Watson, Jeremy VanDerWal, Richard A. Fuller, Robert L. Pressey and Hugh P. Possingham
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Rocío Ponce-Reyes: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
Víctor-Hugo Reynoso-Rosales: Instituto de Biologı´a, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
James E. M. Watson: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
Jeremy VanDerWal: Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change Research, James Cook University
Richard A. Fuller: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
Robert L. Pressey: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Hugh P. Possingham: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 6, 448-452

Abstract: How effective are protected areas for conserving biodiversity in a rapidly changing world? A study shows that the network of protected areas in Mexico’s cloud forests—a biome with high species richness and a large fraction of endemics—is almost completely redundant in a changing climate.

Date: 2012
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