Shifts in bird ranges and conservation priorities in China under climate change

Bohai Rim; 14) the central Yangtze River Basin; 15) the Yangtze River Delta and the Hangzhou Bay; 16) southeastern coastline areas; 17) the Hainan Island; and 18) the Taiwan Island. For RCP 8.5 (Fig 5B), the top priorities include 1) the Altai Mountains; 2) the Tianshan Mountains; 3) the Karakoram Mountains; 4) the western Kuenlun Mountains; 5) the Qilian Mountains; 6) eastern Sanjiangyuan area; 7) southeast Tibet; 8) the Three Parallel Rivers areas; 9) the Xishuangbanna; 10) the Greater Khingan area; 11) the Sanjiang Plain; 12) the northern Bohai Rim, 13) the central Yangtze Plain; 14) the Yangtze River Delta; 15) the southeastern coastline area; 16) the Hainan Island and 17) the Taiwan Island. Existing NNRs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Qinling Mountains had well covered regions 5) the eastern Qilian Mountains and 7) the Qinling Mountains in Fig 5A under RCP 2.6, regions 4) the western Kunlun Mountains, 5) the Qilian Mountains, and 6) eastern Fig 5. Ranked conservation priority maps for bird species in 2070. A and C show the priorities under RCP 2.6, B and D show priorities under RCP 8.5; A and B show the random ranked scenario, C and D show the NNRs masked scenario. The boundaries are reprinted from Shan Shui Conservation Center under a CC BY 4.0 license, with permission from Xiangying Shi, original copyright 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240225.g005 PLOS ONE Bird range changes call for innovative conservation in China PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240225 October 8, 2020 12 / 20