Changes to the elevational limits and extent of species ranges associated with climate change.

By Robert J. Wilson, David Gutiérrez, J. Gutiérrez, D. Martínez, Rosa Agudo, V. Monserrat. Ecology Letters, 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Rapid northwards expansion of a forest insect pest attributed to spring phenology matching with sub‐Arctic birch (2011, background): “The most compelling evidence that climate-mediated range shifts are occurring, come from nonpest species, such as butterflies and dragonflies (Parmesan et al., 1999; Hickling et al., 2005; Wilson et al., 2005; Pöyry et al., 2009).”
Climatic predictors of species distributions neglect biophysiologically meaningful variables (2019, background): “Although recent range expansions have been attributed to rises in mean annual temperatures (Wilson et al., 2005), this means that spe‐ cies responses to distal predictors are likely to be lagged, and the absolute number of days outside of their physiological tolerance may increase on a much shorter…”
An elevational shift in butterfly species richness and composition accompanying recent climate change (2007, background): “We earlier showed that the lower elevational limits of 16 high-elevation specialists have shifted uphill by 212 m on average, associated with a regional increase in the annual mean temperature of 1.3 1C (equivalent to approximately 225 m) (Wilson et al., 2005).”
How are insects responding to global warming (2007, background): “In the central mountains of Spain, Wilson et al. (2005) reported that lower elevation limits of 16 mountain butterflies have increased in altitude by around 212 m as a result of warming.”
Effects of temperature and elevation on habitat use by a rare mountain butterfly: implications for species responses to climate change (2009, background): “…particularly sensitive to climate change, because mountains are expected to face extreme increases in temperature ( Nogués-Bravo et al. , 2007 ), and because uphill shifts in low elevation range margins will restrict taxa to ever smaller and more isolated areas of habitat ( Wilson et al. , 2005 ).”
Effects of climate change on life history: implications for extinction risk in mammals (2009, background): “While the majority of research on range shifts has concentrated on invertebrates and avian species (e.g. Thomas & Lennon 1999, Wilson et al. 2005), there is some evidence that similar shifts are also occurring in mammal populations; for example, Bowman et al. (2005) speculate that climate warming…”
Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world (2010, background): “This view is supported by the disproportionate number of population extinctions documented along southern and lowelevation range edges in response to recent climate warming; species either go locally extinct or contract their ranges (Wilson et al., 2005; Franco et al., 2006).”
An elevational shift of cryophilous bryophytes in the last century – an effect of climate warming? (2009, background): “However, evidence has increased recently that lower-range margins may also be controlled by climate factors (Wilson et al., 2005, 2007; Franco et al., 2006).”
Poleward shifts in breeding bird distributions in New York State (2009, background): “Counter to our predictions, and the results from other studies and models (Pounds et al., 1999; Konvicka et al., 2003; Shoo et al., 2005; Wilson et al., 2005; Rodenhouse et al., 2007; Sekercioglu et al., 2008), we did not find a general pattern of species moving to higher elevations.”
Assisted colonization in a changing climate: a test‐study using two U.K. butterflies (2009, background): “…have recently shifted toward higher latitudes and elevations as the climate has warmed (Parmesan et al. 1999; Crozier 2003; Konvicka et al. 2003; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Wilson et al. 2005; Franco et al. 2006; Hickling et al. 2006; Thomas et al. 2006; Merrill et al. 2008).”
Climate change in Europe. 1. Impact on terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity. A review (2009, background): “In Spain, the habitat of 16 mountain-restricted butterflies reduced by about one third over the last 30 years; lower altitudinal limits rose on average by 212 m – in line with a 1.3 ◦C rise in mean annual temperature (Wilson et al., 2005).”
Range dynamics of small mammals along an elevational gradient over an 80‐year interval (2009, background): “Most commonly, survey data are subsampled to account for sample size differences across time periods (Hill et al., 2002; Wilson et al., 2005, 2007; Lenoir et al., 2008; Raxworthy et al., 2008).”
The relationship of tropical bird communities to tree species composition and vegetation structure along an Andean elevational gradient (2013, background): “Upslope movements have been confirmed in various ectotherms (e.g. Wilson et al., 2005; Chen et al., 2009), but responses by endothermic species have been mixed, with some studies revealing upslope shifts (Moritz et al., 2008; Tingley et al., 2009; Maggini et al., 2011) and others finding little or…”
A weak upward elevational shift in the distributions of breeding birds in the Italian Alps (2009, background): “Second, the avifauna response may be time-lagged, as shown for butterflies (Hill et al., 1999; Burton, 2003; Fleishman & Mac Nally, 2003; Wilson et al., 2005).”
Biotope Use and Trends of European Butterflies (2006, background): “Recent studies have shown that many montane species are shifting their distributions to higher altitudes, presumably as a result of climatic warming, and montane and boreal species may be threatened in future (Wilson et al. 2005).”