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Nature 430, (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02717

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Biodiversity conservation:  Effects of changes in climate and land use

Lauren B. Buckley1 & Joan Roughgarden1

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Arising from: C. D. Thomas et al. Nature 427, 145–148 (2004)); see also communication from Thuiller et al. and communication from Harte et al.; Thomas et al. reply

Thomas et al.1 argue, contrary to Sala et al.2, 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.

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