Comment on "Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches"

Susana Clusella-Trullas; Steven L Chown

doi:10.1126/science.1195193

Comment on "Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches"

Science. 2011 Apr 29;332(6029):537; author reply 537. doi: 10.1126/science.1195193.

Authors

Susana Clusella-Trullas¹, Steven L Chown

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa. sct333@sun.ac.za

PMID: 21527699
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195193

Abstract

Using a regionally calibrated model, Sinervo et al. (Reports, 14 May 2010, p. 894) predicted potential climate change impacts on lizard populations and estimated that many extinctions are under way. We argue that this model is not sufficient for predicting global losses in lizard species in response to anthropogenic climate change.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Body Temperature
Body Temperature Regulation
Climate Change*
Ecosystem*
Extinction, Biological*
Forecasting
Lizards*
Models, Biological
Population Dynamics
Temperature