An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss

Abstract The current perception that climate change is the principal threat to biodiversity is at best premature. Although highly relevant, it detracts focus and effort from the primary threats: habitat destruction and overexploitation. We collated causes of vertebrate extinctions since 1900, threat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Conservation Letters
Main Authors:	Tim Caro, Zeke Rowe, Joel Berger, Philippa Wholey, Andrew Dobson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2022-05-01
Subjects:	biodiversity loss extinction global change population declines vertebrates
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12868