Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

Science ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 322 (5899) ◽  
pp. 258-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Colwell ◽  
G. Brehm ◽  
C. L. Cardelus ◽  
A. C. Gilman ◽  
J. T. Longino
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Elevational Range

Climate change and elevational range shifts: evidence from dung beetles in two European mountain ranges

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 646-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Menéndez ◽  
Adela González-Megías ◽  
Pierre Jay-Robert ◽  
Rocío Marquéz-Ferrando
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
European Mountain ◽  
Elevational Range

scholarly journals Linking species thermal tolerance to elevational range shifts in upland dung beetles

Ecography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1510-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali J. Birkett ◽  
George Alan Blackburn ◽  
Rosa Menéndez
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Tolerance ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Elevational Range

scholarly journals Not all biodiversity rich spots are climate refugia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 6567-6578
Author(s):  
Ádám T. Kocsis ◽  
Qianshuo Zhao ◽  
Mark J. Costello ◽  
Wolfgang Kiessling
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Absolute Temperature ◽  
Elevated Risk ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Future Warming ◽  
Almost All

Abstract. Anthropogenic climate change is increasingly threatening biodiversity on a global scale. Rich spots of biodiversity, regions with exceptionally high endemism and/or number of species, are a top priority for nature conservation. Terrestrial studies have hypothesized that rich spots occur in places where long-term climate change was dampened relative to other regions. Here we tested whether biodiversity rich spots are likely to provide refugia for organisms during anthropogenic climate change. We assessed the spatial distribution of both historic (absolute temperature change and climate change velocities) and projected climate change in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine rich spots. Our analyses confirm the general consensus that global warming will impact almost all rich spots of all three realms and suggest that their characteristic biota is expected to witness similar forcing to other areas, including range shifts and elevated risk of extinction. Marine rich spots seem to be particularly sensitive to global warming: they have warmed more, have higher climate velocities, and are projected to experience higher future warming than non-rich-spot areas. However, our results also suggest that terrestrial and freshwater rich spots will be somewhat less affected than other areas. These findings emphasize the urgency of protecting a comprehensive and representative network of biodiversity-rich areas that accommodate species range shifts under climate change.

Constraints to Species’ Elevational Range Shifts as Climate Changes

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERMAN FORERO-MEDINA ◽  
LUCAS JOPPA ◽  
STUART L. PIMM
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Elevational Range

scholarly journals Identifying the driving factors behind observed elevational range shifts on E uropean mountains

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 876-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
John‐Arvid Grytnes ◽  
Jutta Kapfer ◽  
Gerald Jurasinski ◽  
Hilary H. Birks ◽  
Hanne Henriksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Driving Factors ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Elevational Range

Global warming drives range shifts in spiny-tailed lizards (Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastyx) in the African and Arabian deserts

2021 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 104522
Author(s):  
Marwa Kechnebbou ◽  
Dorinny Lisboa de Carvalho ◽  
Pablo Henrique da Silva ◽  
Daniel Paiva Silva
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Range Shifts

scholarly journals Three-dimensional range shifts in biodiversity driven by recent global warming

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Haase ◽  
Fengqing Li ◽  
Andrea Sundermann ◽  
Armin Lorenz ◽  
Jonathan Tonkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Latitudinal Gradients ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Aquatic Communities ◽  
Longitudinal Gradients ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Terrestrial Environments ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate Communities

Studies investigating changes in community composition in response to recent global warming are mostly restricted to one-dimensional (e.g. elevational or latitudinal) gradients, whereas species movements are in reality three dimensional (i.e. elevational, latitudinal and longitudinal). Based on 3,245 benthic invertebrate samples from Central European streams over large elevational, latitudinal and longitudinal gradients during the period from 1986 to 2009, we developed an advanced community temperature index (CTI). This CTI enables the analysis of three-dimensional community range shifts not only in freshwater but also in marine and terrestrial environments. Overall, in contrast to terrestrial communities, benthic invertebrate communities have been able to keep up with recent global warming. However, their ability to track temperature shifts differed grossly between the three spatial dimensions, with the strongest response to elevation. Nevertheless, the price these communities had to pay was high, as total benthic invertebrate abundance and richness in cold-dwelling species have already declined by 21% and 52.5%, respectively. Our approach emphasizes the complex reaction of aquatic communities towards increasing temperatures, allowing a more complete picture of the subtle community shifts in response to global warming.

scholarly journals Ecological Correlates of Elevational Range Shifts in Tropical Birds

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg ◽  
Samuel E. I. Jones ◽  
Joseph A. Tobias ◽  
William D. Newmark ◽  
Çaǧan H. Şekercioǧlu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Species Traits ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Range Shifts ◽  
Dispersal Ability ◽  
High Dispersal ◽  
Elevational Shift ◽  
Elevational Range ◽  
The Tropics

Globally, birds have been shown to respond to climate change by shifting their elevational distributions. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in the tropics, where elevational gradients are often hotspots of diversity and endemism. Empirical evidence has suggested that elevational range shifts are far from uniform across species, varying greatly in the direction (upslope vs. downslope) and rate of change (speed of elevational shift). However, little is known about the drivers of these variable responses to climate change, limiting our ability to accurately project changes in the future. Here, we compile empirical estimates of elevational shift rates (m/yr) for 421 bird species from eight study sites across the tropics. On average, species shifted their mean elevations upslope by 1.63 ± 0.30 m/yr, their upper limits by 1.62 m ± 0.38 m/yr, and their lower limits by 2.81 ± 0.42 m/yr. Upslope shift rates increased in smaller-bodied, less territorial species, whereas larger species were more likely to shift downslope. When considering absolute shift rates, rates were fastest for species with high dispersal ability, low foraging strata, and wide elevational ranges. Our results indicate that elevational shift rates are associated with species’ traits, particularly body size, dispersal ability, and territoriality. However, these effects vary substantially across sites, suggesting that responses of tropical montane bird communities to climate change are complex and best predicted within the local or regional context.

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