Putting the Heat on Tropical Animals
Tropical animals may be particularly vulnerable to climate warming.
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Impacts of climate warming in the tropics— the cradle of biodiversity—are often predicted to be small relative to those in temperate regions (1, 2), because the rate of climate warming in the tropics is lower than at higher latitudes (3). Yet, predictions based only on the magnitude of climate change may be misleading. Models that include organismal physiology suggest that impacts of climate warming may be more severe in the tropics than in temperate regions.
Credits: 6 JUNE 2008 VOL 320 SCIENCE
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