Breeding range shift of the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) under climate change

decreases under almost all emission scenarios. Our results revealed that China, which owns the largest breeding area currently, will lose most of its breeding area for the red-crowned crane. Russia, which has the second largest breeding area, will gain more breeding area in the face of climate change and would have the largest breeding area. It also means that Russia would have more responsibility to preserve this endangered species in this century. Fig 3. The number of grid cells predicted to be breeding area of the continental population of the red-crowned crane in China, Russia and Mongolia. a. low emission scenario–RCP2.6, b. intermediate scenario–RCP4.5, c. intermediate scenario–RCP6.0, d. high emission scenario–RCP8.5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229984.g003 PLOS ONE Breeding range shift of the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) under climate change PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229984 March 12, 2020 8 / 16