Response to commentary ‘towards more meaningful scenarios of biodiversity responses to land-use change in Central Asia

摘要: With this letter, we respond to the commentary by Kamp et al. on our paper (Nunez in Reg Environ Chang 20:39, 2020) that reports potential biodiversity change Central Asian grasslands using climate and land-use scenarios. In their commentary, criticize data methods employed discuss several shortfalls of approach. response, argue projections future already acknowledge issues indicated We elaborate reasons why. maintain main finding that, based a number contrasting scenarios (shared socioeconomic pathways representative concentration combinations), Asia will potentially decline under each scenario. conclude while conservatively estimate changes grasslands, they could be enriched with more elements. The results, however, are likely confirm vulnerability these possible biodiversity.