Article
Climate change and evolutionary adaptations at species' range margins.
Annual review of entomology - 1 Jan 2011
Hill Jane K, Griffiths Hannah M, Thomas Chris D
Abstract excerpt
During recent climate warming, many insect species have shifted their ranges to higher latitudes and altitudes. These expansions mirror those that occurred after the Last Glacial Maximum when species expanded from their ice age refugia. Postglacial range expansions have resulted in clines in genetic diversity across present-day distributions, with a reduction in genetic diversity observed in a wide range of...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Climate Change
- Genetic Variation
- Insecta
- Population Dynamics