Bibliographic Details
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Modelling reveals the effect of climate and land use change on Madagascar's chameleons fauna. |
| Authors: |
Mondanaro, Alessandro1 (AUTHOR), Di Febbraro, Mirko2 (AUTHOR), Castiglione, Silvia3 (AUTHOR), Belfiore, Arianna Morena2 (AUTHOR), Girardi, Giorgia3 (AUTHOR), Melchionna, Marina3 (AUTHOR), Serio, Carmela3 (AUTHOR), Esposito, Antonella3 (AUTHOR), Raia, Pasquale3 (AUTHOR) pasquale.raia@unina.it |
| Source: |
Communications Biology. 7/21/2024, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*CLIMATE change, *CHAMELEONS, *BIOLOGICAL extinction, *ENDANGERED species, *ANIMAL species |
| Geographic Terms: |
MADAGASCAR |
| Abstract: |
The global biodiversity crisis is generated by the combined effects of human-induced climate change and land conversion. Madagascar is one of the World's most renewed hotspots of biodiversity. Yet, its rich variety of plant and animal species is threatened by deforestation and climate change. Predicting the future of Madagascar's chameleons, in particular, is complicated by their ecological rarity, making it hard to tell which factor is the most menacing to their survival. By applying an extension of the ENphylo species distribution model algorithm to work with extremely rare species, we find that Madagascar chameleons will face intense species loss in the north-western sector of the island. Land conversion by humans will drive most of the loss, and will intersect in a complex, nonlinear manner with climate change. We find that some 30% of the Madagascar's chameleons may lose in the future nearly all their habitats, critically jeopardizing their chance for survival. The extraordinary biodiversity of Madagascar is seriously threatened by the combined effects of climate change and human economic activities. We found that Madagascar chameleons will face intense species loss in the north-western sector of the island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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