Differentiating the effects of climate and land use change on European biodiversity: A scenario analysis.

ABSTRACT: Current observed as well as projected changes in biodiversity are the result of multiple interacting factors, with land use and climate change often marked as most important drivers. We aimed to disentangle the separate impacts of these two for sets of vascular plant, bird, butterfly and dragonfly species listed as characteristic for European dry grasslands and wetlands, two habitats of high and threatened biodiversity. We combined articulations of the four frequently used SRES climate scenarios and associated land use change projections for 2030, and assessed their impact on population trends in species (i.e. whether they would probably be declining, stable or increasing). We used the BIOSCORE database tool, which allows assessment of the effects of a range of environmental pressures incl

SUBMITTER: Vermaat JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5347525 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature