Local adaptation to climate anomalies relates to species phylogeny

Melero, Yolanda; Evans, Luke C.; Kuussaari, Mikko; Schmucki, Reto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-7553; Stefanescu, Constantí; Roy, David B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0331; Oliver, Tom H.. 2022 Local adaptation to climate anomalies relates to species phylogeny. Communications Biology, 5, 143. 9, pp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03088-3

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03088-3

Abstract/Summary

Climatic anomalies are increasing in intensity and frequency due to rapid rates of global change, leading to increased extinction risk for many species. The impacts of anomalies are likely to vary between species due to different degrees of sensitivity and extents of local adaptation. Here, we used long-term butterfly monitoring data of 143 species across six European bioclimatic regions to show how species’ population dynamics have responded to local or globally-calculated climatic anomalies, and how species attributes mediate these responses. Contrary to expectations, degree of apparent local adaptation, estimated from the relative population sensitivity to local versus global anomalies, showed no associations with species mobility or reproductive rate but did contain a strong phylogenetic signal. The existence of phylogenetically-patterned local adaptation to climate has important implications for forecasting species responses to current and future climatic conditions and for developing appropriate conservation practices.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03088-3
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2399-3642
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	biodiversity, climate-change ecology, population dynamics
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	11 Mar 2022 17:37 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532231

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03088-3

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2399-3642

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

biodiversity, climate-change ecology, population dynamics