Article
Genetic Diversity Impacts Climate-Induced Species Range Shifts.
Ecology letters - 1 Apr 2026
Oliveira Brunno F, Bertrand Romain, Comte Lise, Lenoir Jonathan, Grenouillet Gaël, Lancaster Lesley T, Murienne Jérôme, Diamond Sarah, Scheffers Brett R, Bandara R M W J, Lawlor Jake A, Moore Nikki A, Wolfe Barrett W, Villalobos Fabricio, Weiskopf Sarah R, Thompson Laura M, Pinsky Malin L, Rolland Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Climate change threatens biodiversity when species cannot tolerate, adapt to, or track shifting environmental conditions to stay within their climatic niches. A major unresolved question is whether and how species' genetic diversity modulates these dynamics, buffering against range contractions or facilitating range expansions. To test this, we integrated the largest global databases of species range shifts and...
Topics
- Genetic Variation
- Climate Change
- Animals
- Biodiversity