Climate-induced range contraction drives genetic erosion in an alpine mammal

By E. M. Rubidge, James L. Patton, Marisa C. W. Lim, A. C. Burton, J. Brashares, C. Moritz. 2012

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Climate-induced range contraction of a rare alpine aquatic invertebrate (2014, background): “Climate-warming-induced range retraction also can result in a decline in genetic diversity, population fragmentation, and reduced population size in vertebrates, such as the alpine chipmunk (Rubidge et al. 2012).”
Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved (2020, background): “In conservation literature “genetic erosion” usually refers to one or more of: loss of alleles (gene variants), decrease in heterozygosity; loss of distinct populations or significant conservation units; or altered gene flow, usually measured with genetic data (Hoban et al., 2014; Ouborg et al., 199”
Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web (2018, background): “The reductions in habitat area as species move up mountains also increase extinction rates (87), and can erode genetic diversity, further reducing fitness and response to ongoing changes in climate (122, 123).”