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

ABSTRACT: 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 areas in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are in maintaining the diversity of tiger moths (Arctiinae) under climate change. Specifically, we assessed whether protected areas will gain or lose species under climate change and mapped their locations in the Atlantic Forest, in order to assess potential spatial patterns of protected areas that will gain or lose species richness. Comparisons were completed using modeled species occurrence data based on the current and projected climate in 2080. We also built

SUBMITTER: Ferro VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168255 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature