An ecological 'footprint' of climate change
(2005) In Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences 272(1571). p.1427-1432- Abstract
- Recently, there has been increasing evidence of species' range shifts due to changes in climate. Whereas most of these shifts relate ground truth biogeographic data to a general warming trend in regional or global climate data, we here present a reanalysis of both biogeographic and bioclimatic data of equal spatio-temporal resolution, covering a time span of more than 50 years. Our results reveal a coherent and synchronous shift in both species' distribution and climate. They show not only a shift in the northern margin of a species, which is in concert with gradually increasing winter temperatures in the area, they also confirm the simulated species' distribution changes expected from a bioclimatic model under the recent, relatively... (More)
- Recently, there has been increasing evidence of species' range shifts due to changes in climate. Whereas most of these shifts relate ground truth biogeographic data to a general warming trend in regional or global climate data, we here present a reanalysis of both biogeographic and bioclimatic data of equal spatio-temporal resolution, covering a time span of more than 50 years. Our results reveal a coherent and synchronous shift in both species' distribution and climate. They show not only a shift in the northern margin of a species, which is in concert with gradually increasing winter temperatures in the area, they also confirm the simulated species' distribution changes expected from a bioclimatic model under the recent, relatively moderate climate change. (Less)
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- Walther, G-R ; Berger, S and Sykes, Martin LU
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- evergreen, bioclimatic model, bioindicator, range shift, global warming, Ilex aquifolium, broad-leaved species
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- Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences
- volume
- 272
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- 1571
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- 1427 - 1432
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- Royal Society Publishing
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- wos:000231268700002
- pmid:16011916
- scopus:25444441564
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- 1471-2954
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- 10.1098/rspb.2005.3119
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- English
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abstract = {{Recently, there has been increasing evidence of species' range shifts due to changes in climate. Whereas most of these shifts relate ground truth biogeographic data to a general warming trend in regional or global climate data, we here present a reanalysis of both biogeographic and bioclimatic data of equal spatio-temporal resolution, covering a time span of more than 50 years. Our results reveal a coherent and synchronous shift in both species' distribution and climate. They show not only a shift in the northern margin of a species, which is in concert with gradually increasing winter temperatures in the area, they also confirm the simulated species' distribution changes expected from a bioclimatic model under the recent, relatively moderate climate change.}},
author = {{Walther, G-R and Berger, S and Sykes, Martin}},
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keywords = {{evergreen; bioclimatic model; bioindicator; range shift; global warming; Ilex aquifolium; broad-leaved species}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1571}},
pages = {{1427--1432}},
publisher = {{Royal Society Publishing}},
series = {{Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences}},
title = {{An ecological 'footprint' of climate change}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3119}},
doi = {{10.1098/rspb.2005.3119}},
volume = {{272}},
year = {{2005}},
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