When a phenological shift affects a demographic vital rate such as survival or reproduction,
the altered vital rate may or may not have population-level consequences. We review the …

The pivotal question in the debate on the ecological effects of climate change is whether
species will be able to adapt fast enough to keep up with their changing environment. If we …

Old-growth forests have traditionally been considered negligible as carbon sinks because
carbon uptake has been thought to be balanced by respiration. We show that the top 20 …

Broad-scale environmental changes are altering patterns of natural selection in the wild, but
few empirical studies have quantified the demographic cost of sustained directional …

Publisher Summary This chapter examines how temperature and climate change affect
reproductive performance in different species and locations. There are several ways in …

1. Although the phenology of numerous organisms has advanced significantly in response
to recent climate change, the life-history and population consequences of earlier …

Climate is a major extrinsic factor affecting the population dynamics of many organisms. The
Broad‐Scale Climate Hypothesis (BSCH) was proposed by Elton to explain the large‐scale …

Species' responses to climate change are variable and diverse, yet our understanding of
how different responses (eg physiological, behavioural, demographic) relate and how they …

Recent studies unravelled the effect of climate changes on populations through their impact
on functional traits and demographic rates in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, but such …

The world is projected to experience an approximate doubling of atmospheric CO 2
concentration in the next decades. Rise in atmospheric CO 2 level as one of the most …