Biodiversity conservation: effects of changes in climate and land use.
Thomas et al. argue, contrary to Sala et al. that climate change poses an equal or greater threat to global biodiversity than land-use change. We contest this claim, however, on the grounds that Thomas et al. incorrectly apply species-area relationships.
Buckley
Lauren B
LB
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305, USA. lbuckley@stanford.edu
Roughgarden
Joan
J
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D008954:Models, Biological; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011793:Queensland; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013045:Species Specificity