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Nature 430, (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02719

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Biodiversity conservation:  Uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk/Effects of changes in climate and land use/Climate change and extinction risk (reply)

Chris D. Thomas1, Stephen E. Williams, Alison Cameron, Rhys E. Green, Michel Bakkenes, Linda J. Beaumont, Yvonne C. Collingham, Barend F. N. Erasmus, Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira, Alan Grainger, Lee Hannah, Lesley Hughes, Brian Huntley, Albert S. van Jaarsveld, Guy F. Midgley, Lera Miles, Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta, A. Townsend Peterson & Oliver L. Phillips

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Thomas et al. reply — We reconsider our estimates of climate-related extinction1 in the light of three questions raised by Thuiller et al.2, Buckley and Roughgarden3 and Harte et al.4. We are able to confirm our original conclusion that climate change represents a major threat to terrestrial species1.

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