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Mata-Guel EO, Soh MCK, Butler CW, Morris RJ, Razgour O, Peh KSH. Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:1200-1224. [PMID: 36990691 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs) are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly vulnerable to climate change. To protect and preserve these ecosystems better, it is crucial to inform the design and implementation of conservation policies with the best available scientific evidence, and to identify knowledge gaps and future research needs. We conducted a systematic review and an appraisal of evidence quality to assess the impacts of climate change on TMFs. We identified several skews and shortcomings. Experimental study designs with controls and long-term (≥10 years) data sets provide the most reliable evidence, but were rare and gave an incomplete understanding of climate change impacts on TMFs. Most studies were based on predictive modelling approaches, short-term (<10 years) and cross-sectional study designs. Although these methods provide moderate to circumstantial evidence, they can advance our understanding on climate change effects. Current evidence suggests that increasing temperatures and rising cloud levels have caused distributional shifts (mainly upslope) of montane biota, leading to alterations in biodiversity and ecological functions. Neotropical TMFs were the best studied, thus the knowledge derived there can serve as a proxy for climate change responses in under-studied regions elsewhere. Most studies focused on vascular plants, birds, amphibians and insects, with other taxonomic groups poorly represented. Most ecological studies were conducted at species or community levels, with a marked paucity of genetic studies, limiting understanding of the adaptive capacity of TMF biota. We thus highlight the long-term need to widen the methodological, thematic and geographical scope of studies on TMFs under climate change to address these uncertainties. In the short term, however, in-depth research in well-studied regions and advances in computer modelling approaches offer the most reliable sources of information for expeditious conservation action for these threatened forests.
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- Erik O Mata-Guel
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- National Park Boards, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore, 259569, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Monge O, Maggini I, Schulze CH, Dullinger S, Fusani L. Physiologically vulnerable or resilient? Tropical birds, global warming, and redistributions. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e9985. [PMID: 37082319 PMCID: PMC10111238 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Tropical species are considered to be more threatened by climate change than those of other world regions. This increased sensitivity to warming is thought to stem from the assumptions of low physiological capacity to withstand temperature fluctuations and already living near their limits of heat tolerance under current climatic conditions. For birds, despite thorough documentation of community-level rearrangements, such as biotic attrition and elevational shifts, there is no consistent evidence of direct physiological sensitivity to warming. In this review, we provide an integrative outlook into the physiological response of tropical birds to thermal variation and their capacity to cope with warming. In short, evidence from the literature suggests that the assumed physiological sensitivity to warming attributed to tropical biotas does not seem to be a fundamental characteristic of tropical birds. Tropical birds do possess the physiological capacities to deal with fluctuating temperatures, including high-elevation species, and are prepared to withstand elevated levels of heat, even those living in hot and arid environments. However, there are still many unaddressed points that hinder a more complete understanding of the response of tropical birds to warming, such as cooling capacities when exposed to combined gradients of heat and humidity, the response of montane species to heat, and thermoregulation under increased levels of microclimatic stress in disturbed ecosystems. Further research into how populations and species from different ecological contexts handle warming will increase our understanding of current and future community rearrangements in tropical birds.
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- Otto Monge
- Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of ViennaDjerassiplatz 11030ViennaAustria
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- Konrad‐Lorenz Institute of EthologyUniversity of Veterinary MedicineSavoyenstrasse 1a1160ViennaAustria
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity ResearchUniversity of ViennaRennweg 141030ViennaAustria
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity ResearchUniversity of ViennaRennweg 141030ViennaAustria
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- Konrad‐Lorenz Institute of EthologyUniversity of Veterinary MedicineSavoyenstrasse 1a1160ViennaAustria
- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive BiologyUniversity of ViennaAlthanstrasse 141090ViennaAustria
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Asmare BD, Derebe Y, Tamer M. Diversity and relative abundance of bird species in the two habitat types of Dokima forest Awi zone, Ethiopia. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281595. [PMID: 36943851 PMCID: PMC10030032 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Birds are the most widespread vertebrate group, as they can be found in practically every type of habitat. However, lack of knowledge on bird ecology in Afrotropical highlands and bird habitat degradation are the main problems that is why this research was studied. The study was conducted in Awi zone, Amhara National Regional State with the objective of the diversity and relative abundance of bird species in the two habitat types of Dokima forest in Awi zone, Ethiopia. Between November 2018 and December 2020, the transect method was conducted in both dry and wet seasons. Using one-way ANOVA, the effect of seasons and habitats on species richness and abundance was investigated and compared. In both the dry and wet seasons, a total of 2233 individuals, 47 species belonging to 35 families, and 14 orders were recorded. The abundance of bird species was not statistically differed between habitat types in the dry season, but it was statistically significantly in the wet season. The mean abundance of bird species differed significantly between the dry and wet seasons. In the dry season, the forest habitat type had the highest species diversity index (H' = 3.18) and the highest evenness (J = 0.94), while in the wet season, the forest habitat type had the highest evenness (J = 0.94). These habitats must be conserved in order to protect the birds that live in the area.
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- Binega Derebe Asmare
- Department of Natural Resource Management, College of Agriculture, Food and Climate Science, Injibara University, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Forest and Climate Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Climate Science, Injibara University, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Forest and Climate Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Climate Science, Injibara University, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Asmare BD, Derebe Y, Tamer M. Diversity and relative abundance of bird species in the two habitat types of Dokima forest Awi zone, Ethiopia. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281595. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Birds are the most widespread vertebrate group, as they can be found in practically every type of habitat. However, lack of knowledge on bird ecology in Afrotropical highlands and bird habitat degradation are the main problems that is why this research was studied. The study was conducted in Awi zone, Amhara National Regional State with the objective of the diversity and relative abundance of bird species in the two habitat types of Dokima forest in Awi zone, Ethiopia. Between November 2018 and December 2020, the transect method was conducted in both dry and wet seasons. Using one-way ANOVA, the effect of seasons and habitats on species richness and abundance was investigated and compared. In both the dry and wet seasons, a total of 2233 individuals, 47 species belonging to 35 families, and 14 orders were recorded. The abundance of bird species was not statistically differed between habitat types in the dry season, but it was statistically significantly in the wet season. The mean abundance of bird species differed significantly between the dry and wet seasons. In the dry season, the forest habitat type had the highest species diversity index (H’ = 3.18) and the highest evenness (J = 0.94), while in the wet season, the forest habitat type had the highest evenness (J = 0.94). These habitats must be conserved in order to protect the birds that live in the area.
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Dinesen L, Lehmberg T, Romdal TS, Sonne J, Hansen LA. Seasonal Changes in an Afromontane Forest Bird Community in Tanzania. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.768020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Seasonal variation in the composition of avian communities is poorly documented in African montane forests. Using field observations, mist-netting data (63,424 NMH), recording of mixed-species flocks (160 flocks noted), and of the feeding ecology of greenbuls (757 observations), we document marked seasonal changes in a bird community in an East African montane forest (1,340–2,130 m) in the Udzungwa Mountains in south-central Tanzania. This mountain range contains the largest remaining forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania, part of a key global biodiversity hotspot. Our analysis is based on data in the dry and wet season from about 12 months of fieldwork. Field observation data combined with mist-net data demonstrate noticeable seasonal changes in certain species’ abundances, indicating (i) seasonal movements out of the montane forest during the dry season and (ii) movements of part of the populations for other species. Our mist-net results show a significant difference in species abundances between the two seasons driven by 16 species. We also document significant changes in diet for two species of greenbuls, which shift feeding behavior from arthropods in the wet season to include a larger proportion of fruit in their dry season diet. Our results further show that birds are more active in mixed-species flocks in the dry season, with a significantly higher average number of species and of individuals in the dry season, i.e., 11.3 (±0.52 SE) species, 32.3 (±1.76 SE) individuals] compared to the wet season 9.7 (±0.78 SE) species, 20.8 (±1.85 SE) individuals]. One of two very distinctive types of mixed-species flocks – confined to the understory – exists only in the dry season. We discuss these changes to seasonal variability in climate, i.e., temperature and precipitation.
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Müller J, Brandl R, Cadotte MW, Heibl C, Bässler C, Weiß I, Birkhofer K, Thorn S, Seibold S. A replicated study on the response of spider assemblages to regional and local processes. ECOL MONOGR 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jörg Müller
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5 Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg, Karl‐von‐Frisch Str. 8 Marburg Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto–Scarborough Toronto Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Toronto Canada
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- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Conservation Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity Goethe‐University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus‐Senftenberg, Konrad‐Wachsmann Allee 6 Cottbus Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5 Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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van der Hoek Y, Sirami C, Faida E, Musemakweli V, Tuyisingize D. Elevational distribution of birds in an Eastern African montane environment as governed by temperature, precipitation, and habitat availability. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Yntze van der Hoek
- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Karisoke Research Center Musanze Rwanda
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- Dynafor Université de Toulouse INRA Castanet‐Tolosan France
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- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Karisoke Research Center Musanze Rwanda
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- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Karisoke Research Center Musanze Rwanda
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Vogeler AB, Otte I, Ferger S, Helbig‐Bonitz M, Hemp A, Nauss T, Böhning‐Gaese K, Schleuning M, Tschapka M, Albrecht J. Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Remote Sensing, Geography Julius‐Maximilians University Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University of Ulm Ulm Germany
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- Department of Plant Systematics University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Geography Environmental Informatics Philipps University of Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt Germany
- Department of Biological Sciences Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University of Ulm Ulm Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa Ancón Panama
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt Germany
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Taheri S, Naimi B, Rahbek C, Araújo MB. Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change are required. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabe1110. [PMID: 33827813 PMCID: PMC8026129 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Studies have documented climate change-induced shifts in species distributions but uncertainties associated with data and methods are typically unexplored. We reviewed 240 reports of climate-related species-range shifts and classified them based on three criteria. We ask whether observed distributional shifts are compared against random expectations, whether multicausal factors are examined on equal footing, and whether studies provide sufficient documentation to enable replication. We found that only ~12.1% of studies compare distributional shifts across multiple directions, ~1.6% distinguish observed patterns from random expectations, and ~19.66% examine multicausal factors. Last, ~75.5% of studies report sufficient data and results to allow replication. We show that despite gradual improvements over time, there is scope for raising standards in data and methods within reports of climate-change induced shifts in species distribution. Accurate reporting is important because policy responses depend on them. Flawed assessments can fuel criticism and divert scarce resources for biodiversity to competing priorities.
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- Shirin Taheri
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n, Móstoles 28933, Spain
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
- Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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Neate-Clegg MHC, Stuart SN, Mtui D, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Newmark WD. Afrotropical montane birds experience upslope shifts and range contractions along a fragmented elevational gradient in response to global warming. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248712. [PMID: 33784307 PMCID: PMC8009416 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Global warming is predicted to result in upslope shifts in the elevational ranges of bird species in montane habitats. Yet few studies have examined changes over time in the elevational distribution of species along fragmented gradients in response to global warming. Here, we report on a resurvey of an understory bird community in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, along a forested elevational gradient that has been fragmented over the last 200 years. In 2019, we resurveyed seven sites, ranging in elevation from 360 m to 2110 m, that were originally surveyed between 1979 and 1981. We calculated differences in mean elevation and lower and upper range limits for 29 species between the two time periods and corrected for possible differences in elevation due to chance. Over four decades, we documented a significant mean upslope shift across species of 93 m. This shift was smaller than the 125 m expected shift due to local climate warming. Of the 29 focal species, 19 shifted upslope, eight downslope, and two remained unchanged. Mean upslope shifts in species were driven largely by contracting lower range limits which moved significantly upslope on average across species by 183 m, while upper range limits shifted non-significantly upslope by 72 m, leading to a mean range contraction of 114 m across species. Community composition of understory bird species also shifted over time, with current communities resembling communities found historically at lower elevations. Past forest fragmentation in combination with the limited gap-crossing ability of many tropical understory bird species are very likely important contributory factors to the observed asymmetrical shifts in lower and upper elevational range limits. Re-establishing forested linkages among the largest and closest forest fragments in the Eastern Arc Mountains are critical to permitting species to shift upslope and to reduce further elevational range contractions over time.
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- Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Synchronicity Earth, London, United Kingdom
- A Rocha International, London, United Kingdom
- IUCN SSC, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Faculty of Sciences, Koç University, Rumelifeneri, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Neate‐Clegg MHC, O'Brien TG, Mulindahabi F, Şekercioğlu ÇH. A disconnect between upslope shifts and climate change in an Afrotropical bird community. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA
- Faculty of Sciences Koç University Istanbul Turkey
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Sheldon KS. Climate Change in the Tropics: Ecological and Evolutionary Responses at Low Latitudes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS 2019. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-025005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Climate change is affecting every ecosystem on Earth. Though climate change is global in scope, literature reviews on the biotic impacts of climate change have focused on temperate and polar regions. Tropical species have distinct life histories and physiologies, and ecological communities are assembled differently across latitude. Thus, tropical species and communities may exhibit different responses to climate change compared with those in temperate and polar regions. What are the fingerprints of climate change in the tropics? This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on impacts of climate change in tropical regions and discusses research priorities to better understand the ways in which species and ecological communities are responding to climate change in the most biodiverse places on Earth.
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- Kimberly S. Sheldon
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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van der Hoek Y, Faida E, Musemakweli V, Tuyisingize D. Living the high life: remarkable high-elevation records of birds in an East African mountain range. Ecology 2019; 101:e02866. [PMID: 31454062 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yntze van der Hoek
- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Karisoke Research Center, Musanze, Rwanda
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- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Karisoke Research Center, Musanze, Rwanda
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- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Karisoke Research Center, Musanze, Rwanda
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Cheng W, Kendrick RC, Guo F, Xing S, Tingley MW, Bonebrake TC. Complex elevational shifts in a tropical lowland moth community following a decade of climate change. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Wenda Cheng
- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR China
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR China
- C&R Wildlife Tai Po Hong Kong SAR China
- Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation Tai Po Hong Kong SAR China
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR China
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR China
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Bowler DE, Haase P, Hof C, Kröncke I, Baert L, Dekoninck W, Domisch S, Hendrickx F, Hickler T, Neumann H, O'Hara RB, Sell AF, Sonnewald M, Stoll S, Türkay M, van Klink R, Schweiger O, Vermeulen R, Böhning-Gaese K. Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 284:rspb.2017.0870. [PMID: 28931734 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Identifying patterns in the effects of temperature on species' population abundances could help develop a general framework for predicting the consequences of climate change across different communities and realms. We used long-term population time series data from terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species communities within central Europe to compare the effects of temperature on abundance across a broad range of taxonomic groups. We asked whether there was an average relationship between temperatures in different seasons and annual abundances of species in a community, and whether species attributes (temperature range of distribution, range size, habitat breadth, dispersal ability, body size, and lifespan) explained interspecific variation in the relationship between temperature and abundance. We found that, on average, warmer winter temperatures were associated with greater abundances in terrestrial communities (ground beetles, spiders, and birds) but not always in aquatic communities (freshwater and marine invertebrates and fish). The abundances of species with large geographical ranges, larger body sizes, and longer lifespans tended to be less related to temperature. Our results suggest that climate change may have, in general, positive effects on species' abundances within many terrestrial communities in central Europe while the effects are less predictable in aquatic communities.
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- Diana E Bowler
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Marine Research, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Physical Geography, Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Marine Research, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany.,Department of Environmental Planning and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Neubrücke, Germany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Community Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Illera JC, López G, García-Padilla L, Moreno Á. Factors governing the prevalence and richness of avian haemosporidian communities within and between temperate mountains. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184587. [PMID: 28880919 PMCID: PMC5589241 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Mountains are well-suited systems to disentangle the factors driving distribution of parasites due to their heterogeneity of climatic and habitat conditions. However, the information about the relative importance of environmental factors governing the distribution of avian haemosporidians on temperate mountains is very limited. The main goal of the present study is to identify the factors determining prevalence and richness in avian haemosporidians (Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon) at the community level along elevational gradients on two mountain ranges located around the northern and southern limits of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). We used samples from 68 avian species and 1,460 breeding individuals caught over widespread woodland and open habitats. Our findings confirmed the importance of climatic variables explaining prevalence and richness on Iberian mountains. However, landscape variables and other factors named host richness and migration behaviour explained more variation than climatic ones. Plasmodium genus preferred open and warm habitats. Water sources were also important for the southern but not for the northern mountain. Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon showed affinities for woodland areas. Climatic conditions for Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon were dependent on the mountain range suggesting some adaptation of avian haemosporidian and their invertebrate vectors to the climatic particularities of both mountain massifs. In contrast to Plasmodium and Haemoproteus genera, Leucocytozoon prevalence and richness values were significantly higher in the southern mountain range. Overall, our findings at the community level has enriched the relative weight and effect direction of environmental factors governing the distribution and prevalence of the avian haemosporidian community. Also, our results provide a caution message about the precision of predictive models on parasite distributions based on climatic variables, since such predictions could overestimate the effect of climate change scenarios on the transmission of the haemosporidians.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan Carlos Illera
- Research Unit of Biodiversity, Oviedo University, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
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- Vice Council Environm, Serv. Environm. Impact, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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