Climate change as a multiplier of threats to biodiversity and ecosystem function

What this note covers

1. The threat-multiplier concept: how climate change amplifies existing pressures
2. Range shifts and the fragmentation barrier
3. Phenological mismatch: disrupting the timing of ecological relationships
4. Coral bleaching: climate change and the collapse of reef ecosystems
5. Altered fire regimes and the interaction with invasive species
6. Conservation responses designed for a changing climate
7. Synthesis: evaluating the adequacy of current responses

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