Figure 1.
Study area, biogeographic regions as defined by the European Environmental Agency (http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/; accessed on January 2010), and biodiversity hotspots as defined by Myers et al. (2000).
Figure 2.
Risk of exposure to extreme climates (expressed in percentage).
Figure 3.
Amphibian species richness (richness values rescaled between 0 and 100; a: all species; b: threatened species as defined by IUCN; c: all species weighted by the percentage of the global distribution occurring inside the study area) and areas with significant overlap (p<0.0001) between risk of exposure to extreme climates and hotspots (top 10% richest cells).
Figure 4.
Breeding bird species richness (richness values rescaled between 0 and 100; a: all species; b: threatened species as defined by IUCN; c: all species weighted by the percentage of the global distribution occurring inside the study area) and areas with significant overlap (p<0.0001) between risk of exposure to extreme climates and hotspots (top 10% richest cells).
Figure 5.
Mammal species richness (richness values rescaled between 0 and 100; a: all species; b: threatened species as defined by IUCN; c: all species weighted by the percentage of the global distribution occurring inside the study area) and areas with significant overlap (p<0.0001) between risk of exposure to extreme climates and hotspots (top 10% richest cells).
Figure 6.
Reptile species richness (richness values rescaled between 0 and 100; a: all species; b: threatened species as defined by IUCN; c: all species weighted by the percentage of the global distribution occurring inside the study area) and areas with significant overlap (p<0.0001) between risk of exposure to extreme climates and hotspots (top 10% richest cells).