Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media electronic
Document type Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Systematic Review
PubMed
31337752
PubMed Central
PMC6650445
DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4
PII: 10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Acclimatization physiology MeSH
- Time Factors MeSH
- Phenotype * MeSH
- Climate Change * MeSH
- Birds physiology MeSH
- Selection, Genetic physiology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Meta-Analysis MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. MeSH
- Systematic Review MeSH
Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
A Skyline Drive Corning NY 14830 USA
Biodiversity research Systematic Botany University of Potsdam Maulbeerallee 1 Berlin 14469 Germany
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bush Estate Penicuik EH26 0QB UK
CREAF 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain
CSIC Global Ecology Unit CREAF CSIC UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain
Departamento de Zoologia Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada 18071 Granada Spain
Department of Anatomy Cellular Biology and Zoology University of Extremadura 06006 Badajoz Spain
Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University Auburn AL 36849 USA
Department of Biological Sciences University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Brownsville 78520 TX USA
Department of Biology Lund University 22362 Lund Sweden
Department of Biology University of Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
Department of Biology University of Turku Turku FI 20014 Finland
Department of Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
Department of Ecology Technische Universität Berlin 12165 Berlin Germany
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences 2424 Main Mall Vancouver V6T 1Z4 BC Canada
Department of Zoology Palacký University tř 17 listopadu 50 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK
Edward Grey Institute Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3PS UK
Estonian University of Life Sciences Kreutzwaldi 5 51014 Tartu Estonia
Evolutionary Ecology Group University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
Imperial College London Silwood Park Campus Buckurst Road Ascot SL5 7PY UK
Institute of Zoology Poznan University of Life Sciences Wojska Polskiego 71C 60 625 Poznań Poland
ISEM Université de Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE Montpellier 34095 France
Lab of Ornithology Cornell University Ithaca NY 14850 USA
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Alfred Kowalke Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
LPO Mission Rapaces 26 avenue Alain Guigue 13104 Mas Thibert France
Miromiro Drive Kaikoura 7300 New Zealand
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona P° Picasso s n Parc Ciutadella 08003 Barcelona Spain
Natural History Museum of Granollers Francesc Macià 52 08401 Granollers Spain
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research P O Box 5685 Torgarden 7485 Trondheim Norway
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory University of Georgia Aiken SC 29802 USA
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences University College Cork Cork T23 N73K Ireland
School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Swedish Museum of Natural History P O Box 50007 10405 Stockholm Sweden
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