The reduced effectiveness of protected areas under climate change threatens Atlantic forest tiger moths.

Climate change leads to species' range shifts, which may end up reducing the effectiveness of protected areas. These deleterious changes in biodiversity may become amplified if they include functionally important species, such as herbivores or pollinators. We evaluated how effective protected a...

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Main Authors: Viviane G Ferro, Priscila Lemes, Adriano S Melo, Rafael Loyola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4168255?pdf=render