Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7(8), P. 1181 - 1193

Published: July 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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Integrating biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly address biodiversity loss

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(15)

Published: April 5, 2023

Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss will be the defining ecological, political, humanitarian challenge of our time. Alarmingly, policymakers face a narrowing window opportunity to prevent worst impacts, necessitating complex decisions about which land set aside for preservation. Yet, ability make these is hindered by limited capacity predict how species respond synergistic drivers extinction risk. We argue that rapid integration biogeography behavioral ecology can meet challenges because distinct, yet complementary levels biological organization they address, scaling from individuals populations, communities continental biotas. This union disciplines advance efforts biodiversity’s responses habitat through deeper understanding biotic interactions other behaviors modulate risk, populations impact in are embedded. Fostering mobilization expertise across critical step toward slowing loss.

Language: Английский

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Climate change may reveal currently unavailable parts of species’ ecological niches

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(7), P. 1298 - 1310

Published: May 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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Decoupling of bird migration from the changing phenology of spring green-up

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(12)

Published: March 4, 2024

The green-up of vegetation in spring brings a pulse food resources that many animals track during migration. However, phenology is changing with climate change, posing an immense challenge for species time their migrations to coincide these resource pulses. We evaluated changes from 2002 2021 relation the 150 Western-Hemisphere bird using eBird citizen science data. found has changed within migration routes, and yet most align more closely long-term averages than current conditions. Changing strongly influenced phenological mismatches, especially longer-distance migrants. These results reveal may have limited flexibility adjust emphasize mounting migratory face following en route climate.

Language: Английский

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Climate‐Mediated Hybridisation and the Future of Andean Forests

Journal of Biogeography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 3, 2025

ABSTRACT The tropical Andes face unprecedented warming and shifting precipitation patterns due to climate change land‐use alteration, challenging the future of Andean forests. During Quaternary, many trees responded through upslope migrations but, while there is evidence such ongoing in species, they are at rates far below what needed remain equilibrium with current climate. Similarly, given number generations required for adaptation long lifespans trees, it unlikely that most species will be able adapt fast enough. This synthesis explores role migration‐induced secondary contact hybridisation as potential mechanisms accelerating adaptive response Hybridisation, historically underappreciated increasingly recognised an important driver speciation ecological diversity. It may facilitate gene flow introgression, providing novel genetic combinations enhance resilience change. process can generate new allelic diversity, allowing more rapidly than mutation or selection on standing variation alone. However, also lead negative outcomes like swamping outbreeding depression. Conservation strategies should consider benefits risks maintaining biodiversity under changing environmental conditions. As habitat fragmentation deforestation exacerbate challenges faced by these forests, preserving connectivity crucial migration flow, potentially aiding survival tree Anthropocene.

Language: Английский

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Building a mechanistic understanding of climate-driven elevational shifts in birds

PLOS Climate, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(3), P. e0000174 - e0000174

Published: March 14, 2023

Mountains hold much of the world’s taxonomic diversity, but global climate change threatens this diversity by altering distributions montane species. While numerous studies have documented upslope shifts in elevational ranges, these patterns are highly variable across geographic regions and taxa. This variation how species’ range manifesting along gradients likely reflects mechanisms that determines ranges modulates movements, stands contrast to latitudinal gradients, where show less variability appear more predictable. Here, we review observed a single group–birds–a group has received substantial research attention thus provides useful context for exploring while controlling drive broader groups. We then explore abiotic biotic factors known define as well constraints may prevent birds from shifting. Across literature, temperature is generally invoked prime driver role precipitation neglected. However, act directly on instead mediating such habitat food availability, predator activity, parasite prevalence, which could turn modulate shifts. Dispersal ability places an intrinsic constraint shifts, exacerbated fragmentation. current strong evidence importance various drivers testing relative achieving holistic view will require integration expanding datasets, novel technologies, innovative techniques.

Language: Английский

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Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits

Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 385(6706), P. 331 - 336

Published: July 18, 2024

Animals can adjust their diet to maximize energy or nutritional intake. For example, birds often target fruits that match beak size because those be consumed more efficiently. We hypothesized pressure optimize diet-measured as matching between fruit and size-increases under stressful environments, such determine species' range edges. Using fruit-consumption trait information for 97 frugivorous bird 831 plant species across six continents, we demonstrate feed frequently on closely size-matched near geographic limits. This pattern was particularly strong highly birds, whereas opportunistic frugivores showed no tendency. These findings highlight how frugivore interactions might respond conditions reveal may not predict resource use consistently.

Language: Английский

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Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(12), P. 1177 - 1188

Published: Sept. 1, 2023

We explore how integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding ecological responses to rapid environmental change. outline the field of macrobehaviour, which aims unite these disciplines explicitly, highlight examples research in this space. Macrobehaviour be envisaged as a spectrum, where ecologists macroecologists use data borrow tools approaches from one another. At heart interdisciplinary considers selection context large-scale factors lead systematic patterns variation across space, time, taxa, turn, influence macroecological processes. has potential enhance forecasts future biodiversity

Language: Английский

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Elevational Distributions of Forest Floor Mosses and a Test of Competition at Two Elevations in Western Oregon

Northwest Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 97(4)

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Language: Английский

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Thermal Plasticity Changes Competitive Ability Across a Woodland Salamander Hybrid System

Ethology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

ABSTRACT Temperature mediates performance in ectotherms, affecting their ability to grow, survive, and reproduce. Aggression evasion are key examples of thermally dependent behaviors that can impact fitness. However, we know relatively little about how the thermal plasticity such varies among close relatives impacts competitive outcomes. Woodland salamanders (Genus: Plethodon ) from Appalachian Mountains distributed across wide gradients accordance with latitude or elevation. These plethodontid (lungless) compete for space develop hybrid zones where territories overlap species. Plethodontids tend exhibit increased aggression at warmer temperatures, suggesting as temperatures rise, behavioral interactions may be altered ways zone dynamics. It is thus far unclear, however, salamander hybrids, which encroach on parent populations drive exclusion, respond behaviorally warming. Here, used staged bouts examine effects temperature shermani teyahalee system southern Appalachians. The behavior populations, particularly P. , appears more sensitive changes than individuals. Additionally, evasive was significantly plastic aggressive response Our results suggest rising increase competition preferable microhabitats, but parental will asymmetric. therefore alter outcomes competition, determining persist under rapid

Language: Английский

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