Article
Genetic adaptation as a biological buffer against climate change: Potential and limitations.
Integrative zoology - 1 Jul 2018
Meester Luc De, Stoks Robby, Brans Kristien I
Abstract excerpt
Climate change profoundly impacts ecosystems and their biota, resulting in range shifts, novel interactions, food web alterations, changed intensities of host-parasite interactions, and extinctions. An increasing number of studies have documented evolutionary changes in traits such as phenology and thermal tolerance. In this opinion paper, we argue that, while evolutionary responses have the potential to provide...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animal Distribution
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Biota
- Climate Change
- Extinction, Biological
- Genetic Variation