distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards

Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming. However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small selection of taxa (i.e., plants, birds and butterflies), which may not be representative of biodiversity as a whol...

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Published inGlobal change biology Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 450 - 455
Main Authors Hickling, Rachael, Roy, David B, Hill, Jane K, Fox, Richard, Thomas, Chris D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd 01.03.2006
Blackwell Science Ltd
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
animal ecology
Animal migration
Animal populations
arthropods
Aves
climate change
distributions
fish
geographical distribution
Global warming
insect ecology
insects
Lepidoptera
Papilionoidea
range shifts
wildlife
zoogeography
Great Britain
United Kingdom
UK
British Isles
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Summary:Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming. However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small selection of taxa (i.e., plants, birds and butterflies), which may not be representative of biodiversity as a whole. Using data from less well-studied groups, we show that a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate species have moved northwards and uphill in Britain over approximately 25 years, mirroring, and in some cases exceeding, the responses of better-known groups.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01116.x
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ISSN:1354-1013
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DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01116.x