Efthymios Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Melbourne, FL, United States, Cory Merow, University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Storrs, CT, United States, Alex Pigot, University College London, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, London, United Kingdom and Christopher Trisos, University of Cape Town, African Climate and Development Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa