The study assessed the extreme climate vulnerability of primates

Writing in Nature-Climate Change on June 17th, researchers at the Institute of Zory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Southern University of Science and Technology and the University of Veracruz in Mexico noted that changes in the scope and intensity of extreme weather events caused by climate change could have disastrous consequences for primate populations. These findings will help prioritize primate conservation efforts.
non-human primates are important elements of tropical ecosystems that support critical ecological processes and provide benefits to humans. However, about 60 per cent of the world's primates are threatened with extinction as a result of deforestation, habitat fragmentation, large-scale development of agriculture and livestock, overexploitation and urbanization. Human-induced climate change poses a further threat to the survival of primates. At present, observed changes in the distribution and intensity of extreme weather events can have disastrous consequences for wildlife populations, including primates.
recent analysis by the United States showed that about 6 per cent of the world's land mammals were "obviously" affected by hurricanes and about 23 per cent were "significantly" affected by drought. The assessment also showed that primates have been most affected by hurricanes and droughts in recent years than other mammals. But for now, the potential vulnerability of primates to extreme weather events is not taken into account when assessing the risk of extinction.
then, based on the IPU/ICE guidelines for assessing species vulnerability to climate change, the researchers conducted a vulnerability assessment of the impact of hurricanes and droughts on the world's primates. Using a feature-based approach, the researchers assessed the vulnerability of 607 primate groups around the world to hurricanes and droughts. These two extreme weather events are expected to increase or intensify in the future.
results show that 16 per cent of primate groups are vulnerable to hurricanes, particularly in Madagascar, and 22 per cent are vulnerable to drought, mainly in Peninsular Malaysia, North Borneo, Sumatra, and tropical wet forests in West Africa.
researchers point to the need for greater efforts to study environmentally specific mechanisms for primates' vulnerability to extreme weather events and to collect data on vulnerable species in a targeted way to identify action plans and avoid irreparable damage.