Protected areas alleviate climate change effects on northern bird species of conservation concern

R Virkkala, J Pöyry, RK Heikkinen… - Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change is a major threat to biodiversity, posing increasing pressures on
species to adapt in situ or shift their ranges. A protected area network is one of the main …

Does the protected area network preserve bird species of conservation concern in a rapidly changing climate?

R Virkkala, RK Heikkinen, S Fronzek, H Kujala… - Biodiversity and …, 2013 - Springer
Species ranges are expected to move polewards following the changing climate, which
poses novel challenges to the protected area network, particularly at northern latitudes. Here …

Significance of protected area network in preserving biodiversity in a changing northern European climate

R Virkkala, RK Heikkinen, S Kuusela, N Leikola… - Handbook of climate …, 2019 - Springer
Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity, causing species to move to new climatically
suitable areas, and thus increasing the extinction probability of species inhabiting …

Projected large-scale range reductions of northern-boreal land bird species due to climate change

R Virkkala, RK Heikkinen, N Leikola, M Luoto - Biological conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
Climate change is projected to be particularly strong in the northern latitudes. Thus, boreal
or arctic species are especially susceptible to the effects of climate warming. In this work we …

Matching trends between recent distributional changes of northern-boreal birds and species-climate model predictions

R Virkkala, RK Heikkinen, A Lehikoinen… - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Species inhabiting high-latitude environments are anticipated to be exceptionally vulnerable
to climate change because of the greater temperature increases projected for these regions …

Birds in boreal protected areas shift northwards in the warming climate but show different rates of population decline

R Virkkala, A Rajasärkkä, RK Heikkinen… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change has the potential to have wholesale impacts on species populations, driving
them polewards and upwards, and even affecting populations occurring within protected …

Climate change, northern birds of conservation concern and matching the hotspots of habitat suitability with the reserve network

R Virkkala, RK Heikkinen, S Fronzek, N Leikola - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
National reserve networks are one of the most important means of species conservation, but
their efficiency may be diminished due to the projected climatic changes. Using bioclimatic …

Protected areas act as a buffer against detrimental effects of climate change—Evidence from large‐scale, long‐term abundance data

P Lehikoinen, A Santangeli, K Jaatinen… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is driving species to shift their distributions toward high altitudes and
latitudes, while habitat loss and fragmentation may hamper species ability to follow their …

Observed and predicted effects of climate change on species abundance in protected areas

A Johnston, M Ausden, AM Dodd, RB Bradbury… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
The dynamic nature and diversity of species' responses to climate change poses significant
difficulties for developing robust, long-term conservation strategies. One key question is …

Climate change affects populations of northern birds in boreal protected areas

R Virkkala, A Rajasärkkä - Biology Letters, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human land-use effects on species populations are minimized in protected areas and
population changes can thus be more directly linked with changes in climate. In this study …