/newsroom/taxonomy/term/6391/all en /newsroom/channels/news/climate-change-much-greater-diversity-species-need-rethink-conservation-paradigms-287098 <p>A team of researchers believe that Quebec’s protected areas are poised to become biodiversity refuges of continental importance. They used ecological niche modeling to calculate potential changes in the presence of 529 species in about 1/3 of the protected areas in southern Quebec almost all of which were under 50 km2 in size. Their results suggest that fifty - eighty years from now (between 2071–2100) close to half of the protected regions of southern Quebec may see a species turnover of greater than 80 %.</p> Tue, 08 May 2018 19:13:57 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 39582 at /newsroom /newsroom/nigel-roulet Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 24026 at /newsroom