Climate change produces winners and losers: Differential responses of amphibians in mountain forests of the Near East

Kafash, Anooshe; Ashrafi, Sohrab; Ohler, Annemarie; Yousefi, Masoud; Malakoutikhah, Shima; Koehler, Gunther; Schmidt, B R

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00471

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Kafash, A., Ashrafi, S., Ohler, A., Yousefi, M., Malakoutikhah, S., Koehler, G., & Schmidt, B. R. (2018). Climate change produces winners and losers: Differential responses of amphibians in mountain forests of the Near East. Global Ecology and Conservation, 16, e00471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00471

Abstract

Climate change is now considered as a serious threat to the viability of many species and consequently as one of the major drivers of global biodiversity loss. Amphibians serve critical roles in forest ecosystems and are one of the most sensitive groups to environmental change. Despite the importance of amphibians in forest ecosystems and their sensitivity to environmental changes, little is known about potential impacts of future climate change on forest-dwelling amphibians. We projected the impact of climate change on the geographic