Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-09 Thread Astrid Caldas
] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions I have not looked at the original model or report, but the summary statements that were included in the initial posting are troublesome, to whit: ...Their results showed that animals and plants that can adjust to climate change will have

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-09 Thread Anthony Waldron
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 4:54 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions I have not looked at the original model or report, but the summary statements that were included in the initial posting are troublesome

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-06 Thread Christopher Heckscher
This underscores the critical need for baseline inventory of multiple taxonomic groups in all parts of the world - not just tropical or remote regions. Even in relatively well studied regions of North America like the northeast we generally have a poor understanding of rare species'

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-06 Thread David L. McNeely
Christopher Heckscher checksc...@desu.edu wrote: This underscores the critical need for baseline inventory of multiple taxonomic groups in all parts of the world - not just tropical or remote regions. Even in relatively well studied regions of North America like the northeast we

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-06 Thread Martin Meiss
I have not looked at the original model or report, but the summary statements that were included in the initial posting are troublesome, to whit: ...Their results showed that animals and plants that can adjust to climate change will have a competitive advantage over those that don't... and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

2012-01-06 Thread Wayne Tyson
to get a grant for that! WT - Original Message - From: Christopher Heckscher checksc...@desu.edu To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions This underscores the critical need