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Nature 427, 107-109 (8 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427107a
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Ecology: Clouded futures
J. Alan Pounds1 & Robert Puschendorf1
Abstract
Global warming is altering the distribution and abundance of plant and animal species. Application of a basic law of ecology predicts that many will vanish if temperatures continue to rise.
Evidence that climate change is affecting life on Earth continues to mount1, 2. But how great is the threat to biodiversity?
- Golden Toad Laboratory for Conservation, Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and Tropical Science Center, Santa Elena, Puntarenas 5655-73, Costa Rica.
Email: goldtoad@racsa.co.cr - School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica.
Email: rpuschen@biologia.ucr.ac.cr
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