TY - JOUR
T1 - A global map of species at risk of extinction due to natural hazards
AU - Gonçalves, Fernando
AU - Farooq, Harith
AU - Harfoot, Mike
AU - Pires, Mathias M.
AU - Villar, Nacho
AU - Sales, Lilian
AU - Carvalho, Carolina
AU - Bello, Carolina
AU - Emer, Carine
AU - Bovendorp, Ricardo S.
AU - Mendes, Calebe
AU - Beca, Gabrielle
AU - Lautenschlager, Laís
AU - Souza, Yuri
AU - Pedrosa, Felipe
AU - Paz, Claudia
AU - Zipparro, Valesca B.
AU - Akkawi, Paula
AU - Bercê, William
AU - Farah, Fabiano
AU - Freitas, André V.L.
AU - Silveira, Luís Fábio
AU - Olmos, Fábio
AU - Geldmann, Jonas
AU - Dalsgaard, Bo
AU - Galetti, Mauro
N1 - Data archiving: no NIOO data
PY - 2024/6/25
Y1 - 2024/6/25
N2 - An often-overlooked question of the biodiversity crisis is how natural hazards contribute to species extinction risk. To address this issue, we explored how four natural hazards, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, overlapped with the distribution ranges of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles that have either narrow distributions or populations with few mature individuals. To assess which species are at risk from these natural hazards, we combined the frequency and magnitude of each natural hazard to estimate their impact. We considered species at risk if they overlapped with regions where any of the four natural hazards historically occurred (n = 3,722). Those species with at least a quarter of their range subjected to a high relative impact were considered at high risk (n = 2,001) of extinction due to natural hazards. In total, 834 reptiles, 617 amphibians, 302 birds, and 248 mammals were at high risk and they were mainly distributed on islands and in the tropics. Hurricanes (n = 983) and earthquakes (n = 868) affected most species, while tsunamis (n = 272), and volcanoes (n = 171) affected considerably fewer. The region with the highest number of species at high risk was the Pacific Ring of Fire, especially due to volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, while hurricane-related high-risk species were concentrated in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and northwestern Pacific Ocean. Our study provides important information regarding the species at risk due to natural hazards and can help guide conservation attention and efforts to safeguard their survival.
AB - An often-overlooked question of the biodiversity crisis is how natural hazards contribute to species extinction risk. To address this issue, we explored how four natural hazards, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, overlapped with the distribution ranges of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles that have either narrow distributions or populations with few mature individuals. To assess which species are at risk from these natural hazards, we combined the frequency and magnitude of each natural hazard to estimate their impact. We considered species at risk if they overlapped with regions where any of the four natural hazards historically occurred (n = 3,722). Those species with at least a quarter of their range subjected to a high relative impact were considered at high risk (n = 2,001) of extinction due to natural hazards. In total, 834 reptiles, 617 amphibians, 302 birds, and 248 mammals were at high risk and they were mainly distributed on islands and in the tropics. Hurricanes (n = 983) and earthquakes (n = 868) affected most species, while tsunamis (n = 272), and volcanoes (n = 171) affected considerably fewer. The region with the highest number of species at high risk was the Pacific Ring of Fire, especially due to volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, while hurricane-related high-risk species were concentrated in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and northwestern Pacific Ocean. Our study provides important information regarding the species at risk due to natural hazards and can help guide conservation attention and efforts to safeguard their survival.
KW - conservation strategies
KW - earthquake
KW - hurricane
KW - tsunamis
KW - volcanoes
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.2321068121
DO - 10.1073/pnas.2321068121
M3 - Article
C2 - 38885390
AN - SCOPUS:85196592315
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 121
SP - e2321068121
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 26
ER -