Mapping geographic ranges of birds onto climate space (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Mapping geographic ranges of birds onto climate space

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(a) The breeding range for the Bohemian waxwing (purple) extends over a large swath of the Arctic, while the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (red) inhabits a much smaller arc in Asia centered on Nepal and Bhutan. (d) Yet the waxwing inhabits a much smaller and more extreme range of climate conditions than the laughingthrush, suggesting the waxwing may be at greater risk from climate change than previously thought.

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Carlos Botero/University of Texas at Austin.

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