Climate change and its impact on biodiversity and human welfare

KR Shivanna - Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change refers to the long-term changes in temperature and weather due to human
activities. Increase in average global temperature and extreme and unpredictable weather …

Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

JM Alexander, L Chalmandrier, J Lenoir… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

Where should China practice forestry in a warming world?

L Zhang, P Sun, F Huettmann, S Liu - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a nature‐based and cost‐effective solution, forestation plays a crucial role in combating
global warming, biodiversity collapse, environmental degradation, and global well‐being …

Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study

GM Hill, AY Kawahara, JC Daniels… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are one of the most studied, diverse, and widespread
animal groups, making them an ideal model for climate change research. They are a …

The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States

JS Clark, L Iverson, CW Woodall, CD Allen… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize insights from current understanding of drought impacts at stand‐to‐
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …

Rapid range shifts of species associated with high levels of climate warming

IC Chen, JK Hill, R Ohlemüller, DB Roy, CD Thomas - Science, 2011 - science.org
The distributions of many terrestrial organisms are currently shifting in latitude or elevation in
response to changing climate. Using a meta-analysis, we estimated that the distributions of …

The structure, distribution, and biomass of the world's forests

Y Pan, RA Birdsey, OL Phillips… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. We review the environmental
factors controlling their structure and global distribution and evaluate their current and future …

Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought‐induced forest dieback

AS Jump, P Ruiz‐Benito, S Greenwood… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing climate change poses significant threats to plant function and distribution.
Increased temperatures and altered precipitation regimes amplify drought frequency and …

The velocity of climate change

SR Loarie, PB Duffy, H Hamilton, GP Asner, CB Field… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
The ranges of plants and animals are moving in response to recent changes in climate. As
temperatures rise, ecosystems with 'nowhere to go', such as mountains, are considered to …

Community and ecosystem responses to elevational gradients: processes, mechanisms, and insights for global change

MK Sundqvist, NJ Sanders… - Annual review of ecology …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Community structure and ecosystem processes often vary along elevational gradients. Their
responses to elevation are commonly driven by changes in temperature, and many …