Introduction Urban street design has a strong influence on human thermal bioclimate. Especially shading and ground coverage show great impact (Lin et al 2010 a, b). Thus, if the design of a popular urban place is changed, human thermal bioclimate on the place may be seriously affected. Facing the impact of global climate change especially heat stress should be reduced (Matzarakis and Endler 201...

Aim We assess the realism of bioclimate envelope model projections for anticipated future climates by validating ecosystem reconstructions for the late Quaternary with fossil and pollen data. Specifically, we ask: (1) do climate conditions with no modern analogue negatively affect the accuracy of ecosystem reconstructions? (2) are bioclimate envelope model projections biased towards under-predi...

Anticipating species movement under climate change is a major focus in conservation. Bioclimate models are one of the few predictive tools for adaptation planning, but are limited in accounting for (i) climatic tolerances in preadult life stages that are potentially more vulnerable to warming; and (ii) local-scale movement and use of climatic refugia as an alternative or complement to large-sca...

The evaluation of thermal bioclimate can be conducted employing either observational or modeling techniques. The advantage of the numerical modeling approach lies in that it can be applied in areas where there is lack of observational data, providing a detailed insight on the prevailing thermal bioclimatic conditions. However, this approach should be exploited carefully since model simulations ...

The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM) was used to analyze the distribution of NDVI and phytomass in the Arctic, providing data for understanding arctic vegetation patterns, assessing change, and calibrating models. The dominant trend in the analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was a decrease from south to north, correlating with bioclimate subzones and vegetation uni...

Global climate change is recognized as an important determining factor for the future distributions of marine organisms, notably fishes and invertebrates. Shifting of distribution range may affect global marine fisheries and have large socio-economic implications. However, globalscale evaluation of the impact of climate change on marine species is lacking. In this paper, we develop a dynamic bi...

Global climate change is recognized as an important determining factor for the future distributions of marine organisms, notably fishes and invertebrates. Shifting of distribution range may affect global marine fisheries and have large socio-economic implications. However, globalscale evaluation of the impact of climate change on marine species is lacking. In this paper, we develop a dynamic bi...