We review the evidence of how organisms and populations are currently responding to climate change through phenotypic plasticity, genotypic evolution, changes in distribution …
CA Halsch, AM Shapiro, JA Fordyce… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Insects have diversified through more than 450 million y of Earth's changeable climate, yet rapidly shifting patterns of temperature and precipitation now pose novel challenges as they …
J Carnicer, M Coll, M Ninyerola… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change is progressively increasing severe drought events in the Northern Hemisphere, causing regional tree die-off events and contributing to the global reduction of …
Pollinator biodiversity loss occurs at unprecedented rates globally, with particularly sharp declines documented in the North Temperate Zone. There is currently no consensus on the …
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures, is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in …
Bumble bees are an important group of wild pollinators in North America and considerable concern has been expressed over declines in their populations. However, before causes for …
Recent large-scale studies of tree growth in the Iberian Peninsula reported contrasting positive and negative effects of temperature in Mediterranean angiosperms and conifers …
M Lurgi, BC López, JM Montoya - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change is generating novel communities composed of new combinations of species. These result from different degrees of species adaptations to changing biotic and …
Species are altering their ranges as a response to climate change, but the magnitude and direction of observed range shifts vary considerably among species. The ability to persist in …