Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches

Sinervo, Barry; Méndez-de-la-Cruz, Fausto; B. Miles, Donald; Heulin, Benoit; Bastiaans, Elizabeth; Villagrán-Santa Cruz, Maricela; Lara-Resendiz, Rafael; Martínez-Méndez, Norberto; Lucía Calderón-Espinosa, Martha; Nelsi Meza-Lázaro, Rubi; Gadsden, Héctor; Javier Avila, Luciano; Morando, Mariana; J. De la Riva, Ignacio; Victoriano Sepulveda, Pedro; Frederico Duarte Rocha, Carlos; Ibargüengoytía, Nora; Aguilar Puntriano, César; Massot, Manuel; Lepetz, Virginie; A. Oksanen, Tuula; G. Chapple, David; M. Bauer, Aaron; R. Branch, William; Clobert, Jean; W. Sites, Jack

doi:10.1126/science.1184695

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Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches

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Authors:

Barry Sinervo

Fausto Méndez-de-la-Cruz

Donald B. Miles

Abstract

Demise of the Lizards Despite pessimistic forecasts from recent studies examining the effects of global climate change on species, and observed extinctions in local geographic areas, there is little evidence so far of global-scale extinctions. Sinervo et al. (p. 894 ; see the Perspective by Huey et ...

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