Comments on: Synergies among extinction drivers

By: When did it go extinct? « ConservationBytes.com

When did it go extinct? « ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:43:01 +0000

[...] of the historical record general supports the conclusion that most extinctions arise from a perverse synergy of drivers which increase kill rates beyond the mere sum of their individual effect…. Thus, why human overkill and a series of large climate shifts could not have ‘worked’ [...]

By: The evil sextet « ConservationBytes.com

The evil sextet « ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:22:39 +0000

[...] it’s time though to add a sixth rider – extinction synergies (Brook et al. 2008). For example, exacerbating the problems associated with recent climate change [...]

By: Climate change basics III – environmental impacts and tipping points « BraveNewClimate

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:44:37 +0000

[...] Compounding the issue of the rate of recent climate change, is that plant and animal species trying to move to keep pace with the warming must now contend with landscapes dominated by farms, roads, towns and cities. Species will gradually lose suitable living space, as rising temperatures force them to retreat towards the away from the relative safety of existing reserves, national parks and remnant habitat, in search of suitable climatic conditions. The new conditions may also facilitate invasions by non-indigenous or alien species, who will act to further stress resident species, as novel competitors or predators. Naturally mobile species, such as flying insects, plants with wind-dispersed seeds, or wide-ranging birds, may be able to continue to adjust their geographical ranges, and so flee to distant refugia. Many others will not. [...]

By: The biodiversity extinction numbers game « ConservationBytes.com

The biodiversity extinction numbers game « ConservationBytes.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:09:24 +0000

[...] that it’s all probably worse than we currently predict because of extinction synergies (see previous post about this concept) and the mounting impact of rapid global climate change. If anything, the “100 [...]

By: Scoping the future threats and solutions to biodiversity conservation « ConservationBytes.com

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:19:28 +0000

[...] the ‘evil quintet’ that includes climate change, and I would even go so far as to add extinction synergies as a the sixth member of the ‘evil [...]

By: Measuring the amphibian meltdown « ConservationBytes.com

Measuring the amphibian meltdown « ConservationBytes.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:07:25 +0000

[...] in the short term, such interventions cannot substitute for habitat protection and restoration. The synergies between ecological/life history traits and environmental conditions demonstrate how management must address each of the major drivers of decline together for any [...]