title: Comment on "Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches".
abstract: Using a regionally calibrated model, Sinervo et al. (Reports, 14 May 2010, p. 894) predicted potential climate change impacts on lizard populations and estimated that many extinctions are under way. We argue that this model is not sufficient for predicting global losses in lizard species in response to anthropogenic climate change.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa. sct333@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clusella-Trullas
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D057231:Climate Change; D017753:Ecosystem; D053476:Extinction, Biological; D005544:Forecasting; D008116:Lizards; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013696:Temperature