Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora

@article{citeulike:2948426, abstract = {The flora of California, a global biodiversity hotspot, includes 2387 endemic plant taxa. With anticipated climate change, we project that up to 66\% will experience >80\% reductions in range size within a century. These results are comparable with other studies of fewer species or just samples of a region's endemics. Projected reductions depend on the magnitude of future emissions and on the ability of species to disperse from their current locations. California's varied terrain could cause species to move in very different directions, breaking up present-day floras. However, our projections also identify regions where species undergoing severe range reductions may persist. Protecting these potential future refugia and facilitating species dispersal will be essential to maintain biodiversity in the face of climate change.}, author = {Loarie, Scott R. and Carter, Benjamin E. and Hayhoe, Katharine and Mcmahon, Sean and Moe, Richard and Knight, Charles A. and Ackerly, David D. }, citeulike-article-id = {2948426}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002502}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, keywords = {climate\_change, diversity, plants}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {e2502+}, posted-at = {2008-07-01 15:10:45}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002502}, volume = {3}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2948426 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2948426 TI - Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora JF - PLoS ONE VL - 3 IS - 6 SP - e2502 PB - Public Library of Science N2 - The flora of California, a global biodiversity hotspot, includes 2387 endemic plant taxa. With anticipated climate change, we project that up to 66% will experience >80% reductions in range size within a century. These results are comparable with other studies of fewer species or just samples of a region's endemics. Projected reductions depend on the magnitude of future emissions and on the ability of species to disperse from their current locations. California's varied terrain could cause species to move in very different directions, breaking up present-day floras. However, our projections also identify regions where species undergoing severe range reductions may persist. Protecting these potential future refugia and facilitating species dispersal will be essential to maintain biodiversity in the face of climate change. KW - climate_change KW - diversity KW - plants AU - Loarie, Scott AU - Carter, Benjamin AU - Hayhoe, Katharine AU - Mcmahon, Sean AU - Moe, Richard AU - Knight, Charles AU - Ackerly, David PY - 2008/06/25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002502 ER -