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Will Tropical Biodiversity Survive our Approach to Global Change?
Author(s) -
ter Steege Hans
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00676.x
Subject(s) - biodiversity , climate change , global warming , global change , geography , deforestation (computer science) , habitat destruction , habitat , humanity , tropical climate , ecology , environmental resource management , biology , environmental science , political science , computer science , programming language , law
Because global change is almost synonymous with climate change, research has emphasized perhaps too much the effects of climate change over other global concerns that might be equally detrimental to biodiversity and humanity. These include unsustainable land use and massive conversion and degradation of natural habitats. Perhaps by the time we understand the effects of global climate change on tropical forests, there may not be any left to admire.