Future climate and land use threaten terrestrial diversity




Henriques Antão, Laura

PublisherElsevier BV

2026

 Trends in Ecology and Evolution

41

5

378

380

0169-5347

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.03.002

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.03.002

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/522937723



Climate and land use change are major threats to biodiversity. Hari et al. quantify their combined impacts on future terrestrial vertebrate diversity, revealing pronounced regional differences and potential mitigating or exacerbating effects under different scenarios, underscoring the need for transformative climate and land use actions to halt biodiversity loss.


L.H.A. acknowledges funding from the Research Council of Finland (grant 361416/372215).


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