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An ecological 'footprint' of climate change.
- Source :
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Proceedings. Biological sciences [Proc Biol Sci] 2005 Jul 22; Vol. 272 (1571), pp. 1427-32. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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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.
- Subjects :
- Europe
Geography
Climate
Demography
Ilex physiology
Models, Theoretical
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0962-8452
- Volume :
- 272
- Issue :
- 1571
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Proceedings. Biological sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16011916
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3119