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The role of neighbouring species in survival as the climate changes

Predicting the risk of extinction from climate change requires an understanding of the interactions between species. An analysis of how changes in rainfall affect competition between plant species offers a way of tackling this challenge.
  1. Ellen I. Damschen

    1. Ellen I. Damschen is in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

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Anticipating how natural ecosystems will respond to climate change, and determining which species are most at risk of extinction, are crucial aspects of conservation work. Writing in Nature, Van Dyke et al.1 shed light on this timely issue.

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Nature 611, 455-456 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03459-0

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  1. Van Dyke, M. N., Levine, J. M. & Kraft, N. J. B. Nature 611, 507–511 (2022).

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  2. Parmesan, C. et al. in Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (eds Pörtner, H.-O. et al.) 197–377 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2022).

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