Using species distribution models to effectively conserve biodiversity into the future

摘要: Abstract Canadian biodiversity is especially high in temperate southern regions, where human-dominated land uses are both intensive and widespread. As a result, endangered species also disproportionately concentrated these areas. Climate change presents new threat across most of Canada, including areas human use, which creates conditions for substantial shifts composition potential losses many rare species. Protected one adaptation strategy but, parks suffer from severe limitations their distribution, size, because they have static boundaries. Land use changes around several protected Canada leading increasingly to effective isolation, trend we demonstrate using resolution satellite data. Little published research has yet addressed this issue the context, although some models now forecast ecological next century. Adaptation global impacts will necessitate refocusing conser...