Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales

Anthropogenic climate change is increasing rapidly and already impacting biodiversity. Despite the importance for future projections, understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which climate mediates extinction remains limited. We present an integrated approach examining the role of intrinsic traits vs. extrinsic climate change in mediating extinction risk for marine invertebrates over the past 485 million years. We found that a combination of physiological traits and the magnitude of climate change are necessary to explain marine invertebrate extinction patterns. Our results suggest that taxa previously identified as extinction resistant may still succumb to extinction if the magnitude of climate change is great enough., , , This README file was generated on [25/02/2024] by [Cooper Malanoski].

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales

2. Author Information
A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: [Cooper Malanoski]
Institution: [Oxford University]
Address: [Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, South
Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK.]
Email: []

B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
Name: [Dr. Erin Saupe]
Institution: [Oxford University]
Address: [1Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, South
Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK.]
Email: []

3. Date of data collection: [NA]

4. Geographic location of data collection: [NA]

5. Information about funding sources: [National science research council (NERC), Award: NE/V011405/1

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