Biodiversity conservation : uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk/ effects of changes in climate and land use/ climate change and extinction risk (reply)

摘要

Thomas et al. reply — We reconsider our estimates of climate-related extinction in the light of three questions raised by Thuiller et al., Buckley and Roughgarden and Harte et al. We are able to confirm our original conclusion that climate change represents a major threat to terrestrial species.