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- Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, making it hard to distinguish its effects from other factors in species decline.
- A study of giant panda distribution over 30 years shows that climate factors like rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns initially impacted their habitat, but the influence of these climatic factors has decreased over time.
- Despite the challenges posed by climate change, conservation efforts aimed at managing panda habitats are helping to mitigate negative impacts on their distribution.
Article Abstract
Climate change is one of the most pervasive threats to biodiversity globally, yet the influence of climate relative to other drivers of species depletion and range contraction remain difficult to disentangle. Here, we examine climatic and non-climatic correlates of giant panda () distribution using a large-scale 30 year dataset to evaluate whether a changing climate has already influenced panda distribution. We document several climatic patterns, including increasing temperatures, and alterations to seasonal temperature and precipitation. We found that while climatic factors were the most influential predictors of panda distribution, their importance diminished over time, while landscape variables have become relatively more influential. We conclude that the panda's distribution has been influenced by changing climate, but conservation intervention to manage habitat is working to increasingly offset these negative consequences.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329028 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0358 | DOI Listing |
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