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Nature 427, 107-109 (8 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427107a
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?
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