Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F19%3A73598720" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/19:73598720 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10924-4" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10924-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient
Original language description
Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
JUL
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
"3109-1"-"3109-14"
UT code for WoS article
000476724800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85069648148