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Matthew J. Watson

University of OttawaORCID 0000-0002-5646-8118Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:simulation· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Jeremy Thomas KerriD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 1/yr

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EcologybioRxivPreprintJun 26, 2026

Extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates is associated with niche limits that reflect climatic vulnerability

Matthew J. Watson, Jeremy Thomas Kerr

The paper links extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates to climatic niche limits, showing that species with colder thermal tolerances are more threatened and that future extinctions will disproportionately impact climatically vulnerable lineages.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.22.733696

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