Changes in climate and land use are the most often mentioned factors responsible for the current decline in species diversity. To reduce the effect of these factors, we need reliable predictions of future species distributions. This is usually done by utilizing species distribution models (SDMs) based on expected climate. Here we explore the accuracy of such projections: we use orchid (Orchidaceae) recordings and environmental (mainly climatic) data from the years 1901-1950 in SDMs to predict maps of potential species distributions in 1980-2014. This should enable us to compare the predictions of species distributions in 1980-2014, based on records of species distribution in the years 1901-1950, with real data in the 1980-2014 period. We found that the predictions of the SDMs often differ from reality in this experiment. The results clearly indicate that SDM predictions of future species distributions as a reaction to climate change must be treated with caution.

Department of Evolution and Ecology University of California Davis CA 95616 USA

Department of Forest and Natural Environment Sciences Democritus University of Thrace 66132 Drama Greece

Global Change Research Institute AS CR Bělidla 986 4a 60300 Brno Czech Republic

Institute for Environmental Studies Faculty of Science Charles University Benátská 2 12801 Prague 2 Czech Republic

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