Effects of Future Climate Extreme Heat Events and Land Use Changes on Land Vertebrates.

ABSTRACT: Climate and land use changes pose the greatest threats to biodiversity, but their synergistic effects on biodiversity have been rarely studied. Here, we assessed the combined effects of future climate and land use changes on the world's land vertebrates (29,657 species) across four socioeconomic scenarios between 2015 and 2100. We evaluated species range exposures to extreme heat events (relative to temperatures during 1950-2005) and land use changes in species' preferred habitats. Under the best-case scenario, species will experience unsuitable conditions due to both factors across 10% of their range on average. In the worst scenario, species are projected to face unsuitable conditions across 52% of their range. By the end of the century, up to 7895 species are expected to face extreme he

SUBMITTER: Vardi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12687109 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature