Re-evaluating model assumptions suggests that Australian birds are more tolerant of heat and aridity than predicted: a response to Conradie et al. (2020)

被引：4

作者：

Pacheco-Fuentes, Hector ^{[1
]}

Cooper, Christine E. ^{[2
]}

Withers, Philip C. ^{[3
]}

Griffith, Simon C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Macquarie Univ, Sch Nat Sci, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[2] Curtin Univ, Sch Mol & Life Sci, Perth, WA 6102, Australia

[3] Univ Western Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

来源：

CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY | 2022年 / 10卷 / 01期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

DESERT BIRDS; ZEBRA FINCH; CLIMATE-CHANGE; WATER; TEMPERATURE; WILD; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; DRINKING; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1093/conphys/coac010

中图分类号：

X176 [生物多样性保护];

学科分类号：

090705 ;

摘要：

recently modelled the vulnerability of Australian arid birds to a changing climate. While the approach used by is valuable, we argue that key assumptions in their study are poorly supported and the risks of a changing climate to arid zone avifauna are consequently overstated.

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