Warming drives poleward range contractions of Beringian endemic plant species at high latitudes

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 509 - 523
• Main Authors: Oke, Tobi A., Stralberg, Diana, Reid, Donald G., Bennett, Bruce A., Cannings, Syd, Willier, Caitlin, Fulkerson, Justin R., Cooke, Hilary A., Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.04.2023; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Alaska; alpine; Barriers; Beringia; Bioclimatology; Centroids; Climate change; Conservation; Dispersion; Endemic plants; Endemic species; Endemism; Environmental factors; Flowers & plants; Geological history; Glaciers; Grasslands; high latitude; Latitude; Plant species; poleward; Precipitation; Refugia; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Species richness; Taiga & tundra; Topography; Tundra; Vegetation; warming; Yukon; Alaska; United States > US; North America; Beringia

Aim Species are expected to disperse poleward in response to climate change. For species that are endemic to the high latitudes, this implies that many in the future would face a “no‐where‐to‐go” situation as they are currently occupying the northernmost portion of the continent. Further, because en...