Climate Change's Impact on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

Dr. Krishnappa Venkatesharaju

Abstract

If climate change continues at its current rate, significant changes in biodiversity are anticipated. Changes in the habitats and compositions of species can have negative repercussions, which can change how an ecosystem function. We conducted a meta-analysis of the responses of species distributions to climate change in order to determine the size of anticipated changes in biodiversity. We concentrated on the number of local species still present and their habitats. In order to measure changes in biodiversity, we synthesized 97 papers and computed two effect-size metrics from their findings.