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Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales

Abstract:
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing rapidly and already impacting biodiversity. Despite the importance for future projections, understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which climate mediates extinction remains limited. We present an integrated approach examining the role of intrinsic traits vs. extrinsic climate change in mediating extinction risk for marine invertebrates over the past 485 million years. We found that a combination of physiological traits and the magnitude of climate change are necessary to explain marine invertebrate extinction patterns. Our results suggest that taxa previously identified as extinction resistant may still succumb to extinction if the magnitude of climate change is great enough.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1126/science.adj5763

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Earth Sciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Earth Sciences
Oxford college:
St Hugh's College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0370-9897


Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal:
Science More from this journal
Volume:
383
Issue:
6687
Pages:
1130-1134
Publication date:
2024-03-08
Acceptance date:
2024-01-29
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EISSN:
1095-9203
ISSN:
0036-8075


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English
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Pubs id:
1614865
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pubs:1614865
Deposit date:
2024-02-07

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