Journal
ECOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 19, Issue 9, Pages 1081-1090Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12645
Keywords
Anthropocene; bird; climate niche; countryside biogeography; deforestation; habitat conversion; homogenisation
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- Ward Wilson Woods, Jr. Fellowship in Environmental Studies
- Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Heinz foundation
- Moore Family foundation
- Winslow foundation
- LuEsther T. Mertz trust
- Pew Charitable trust
- Belmont Forum
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Land-use change and climate change are driving a global biodiversity crisis. Yet, how species' responses to climate change are correlated with their responses to land-use change is poorly understood. Here, we assess the linkages between climate and land-use change on birds in Neotropical forest and agriculture. Across > 300 species, we show that affiliation with drier climates is associated with an ability to persist in and colonise agriculture. Further, species shift their habitat use along a precipitation gradient: species prefer forest in drier regions, but use agriculture more in wetter zones. Finally, forest-dependent species that avoid agriculture are most likely to experience decreases in habitable range size if current drying trends in the Neotropics continue as predicted. This linkage suggests a synergy between the primary drivers of biodiversity loss. Because they favour the same species, climate and land-use change will likely homogenise biodiversity more severely than otherwise anticipated.
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