Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Radchuk, Viktoriia; Reed, Thomas E.; Teplitsky, Céline; Pol, Martijn van de; Charmantier, Anne; Hassall, Christopher; Adamík, Peter; Adriaensen, Frank; Ahola, Markus; Arcese, Peter; Avilés, Jesús M.; Balbontı́n, Javier; Berg, Karl S.; Borràs, Antoni; Burthe, Sarah J.; Clobert, Jean; Dehnhard, Nina; Lope, Florentino de; Dhondt, André A.; Dingemanse, Niels J.; Doi, Hideyuki; Eeva, Tapio; Fickel, Joerns; Filella, Iolanda; Fossøy, Frode; Goodenough, Anne E.; Hall, Stephen J. G.; Hansson, Bengt; Harris, M. P.; Hasselquist, Dennis; Hickler, Thomas; Joshi, Jasmin; Kharouba, Heather M.; Martínez, Juan Gabriel; Mihoub, Jean‐Baptiste; Mills, James A.; Molina‐Morales, Mercedes; Moksnes, Arne; Özgül, Arpat; Parejo, Deseada; Pilard, Philippe; Poisbleau, Maud; Rousset, François; Rödel, Mark‐Oliver; Scott, David E.; Señar, Juan Carlos; Stefanescu, Constantí; Stokke, Bård G.; Kusano, Tamotsu; Tarka, Maja; Tarwater, Corey E.; Thonicke, Kirsten; Thorley, Jack; Wilting, Andreas; Tryjanowski, Piotr; Merilä, Juha; Sheldon, Ben C.; Møller, Anders Pape; Matthysen, Erik; Janzen, Fredric J.; Dobson, F. Stephen; Visser, Marcel E.; Beissinger, Steven R.; Courtiol, Alexandre; Kramer‐Schadt, Stephanie

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4

reviewNature CommunicationsJul 23, 2019GOLD OA

Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

VRViktoriia Radchuk TEThomas E. Reed CTCéline Teplitsky MVMartijn van de Pol ACAnne Charmantier

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research · University College Cork · +62 more institutions

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Abstract

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…

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Climate change
Trait
Biology
Taxon
Ecology
Adaptation (eye)
Adaptive response
Adaptive evolution

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