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Large-Scale Range Collapse of Hawaiian Forest Birds under Climate Change and the Need 21st Century Conservation Options

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, October 2015
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Title
Large-Scale Range Collapse of Hawaiian Forest Birds under Climate Change and the Need 21st Century Conservation Options
Published in
PLOS ONE, October 2015
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0140389
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Authors

Lucas B. Fortini, Adam E. Vorsino, Fred A. Amidon, Eben H. Paxton, James D. Jacobi

Abstract

Hawaiian forest birds serve as an ideal group to explore the extent of climate change impacts on at-risk species. Avian malaria constrains many remaining Hawaiian forest bird species to high elevations where temperatures are too cool for malaria's life cycle and its principal mosquito vector. The impact of climate change on Hawaiian forest birds has been a recent focus of Hawaiian conservation biology, and has centered on the links between climate and avian malaria. To elucidate the differential impacts of projected climate shifts on species with known varying niches, disease resistance and tolerance, we use a comprehensive database of species sightings, regional climate projections and ensemble distribution models to project distribution shifts for all Hawaiian forest bird species. We illustrate that, under a likely scenario of continued disease-driven distribution limitation, all 10 species with highly reliable models (mostly narrow-ranged, single-island endemics) are expected to lose >50% of their range by 2100. Of those, three are expected to lose all range and three others are expected to lose >90% of their range. Projected range loss was smaller for several of the more widespread species; however improved data and models are necessary to refine future projections. Like other at-risk species, Hawaiian forest birds have specific habitat requirements that limit the possibility of range expansion for most species, as projected expansion is frequently in areas where forest habitat is presently not available (such as recent lava flows). Given the large projected range losses for all species, protecting high elevation forest alone is not an adequate long-term strategy for many species under climate change. We describe the types of additional conservation actions practitioners will likely need to consider, while providing results to help with such considerations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Sweden 1 <1%
Unknown 165 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 35 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 17%
Student > Master 20 12%
Student > Bachelor 20 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 5%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 33 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 47 28%
Environmental Science 38 23%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 9 5%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 2%
Other 20 12%
Unknown 43 26%
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