Climate‐driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga

J Assis, EA Serrao, B Claro, C Perrin… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The climate‐driven dynamics of species ranges is a critical research question in
evolutionary ecology. We ask whether present intraspecific diversity is determined by the …

Projected climate changes threaten ancient refugia of kelp forests in the North Atlantic

J Assis, MB Araújo, EA Serrão - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific genetic variability is critical for species adaptation and evolution and yet it is
generally overlooked in projections of the biological consequences of climate change. We …

Deep reefs are climatic refugia for genetic diversity of marine forests

J Assis, NC Coelho, T Lamy, M Valero… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Past climate‐driven range shifts shaped intraspecific diversities of species world‐wide.
Earlier studies, focused on glacial refugia, might have overlooked genetic erosion at lower …

Climate‐induced range shifts shaped the present and threaten the future genetic variability of a marine brown alga in the Northwest Pacific

XH Song, J Assis, J Zhang, X Gao… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciation‐induced environmental changes during the last glacial maximum (LGM) have
strongly influenced species' distributions and genetic diversity patterns in the northern high …

Past climate changes and strong oceanographic barriers structured low‐latitude genetic relics for the golden kelp Laminaria ochroleuca

J Assis, EÁ Serrão, NC Coelho… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Drivers of intraspecific biodiversity include past climate‐driven range shifts and
contemporary ecological conditions mediating connectivity, but these are rarely integrated in …

The effects of past, present and future climate change on range-wide genetic diversity in northern North Atlantic marine species

J Provan - Frontiers of Biogeography, 2013 - escholarship.org
It is now accepted that changes in the Earth's climate are having a profound effect on the
distributions of a wide variety of species. One aspect of these changes that has only recently …

Closer to the rear edge: Ecology and genetic diversity down the core‐edge gradient of a marine macroalga

GI Zardi, KR Nicastro, EA Serrão, R Jacinto… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental goal in ecology is to understand distribution and abundance of species.
Peripheral populations inhabiting the trailing‐edge of a species' distribution may carry …

Forecasting range shifts of a cold‐adapted species under climate change: are genomic and ecological diversity within species crucial for future resilience?

S Theodoridis, TS Patsiou, C Randin, E Conti - Ecography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cold‐adapted taxa are experiencing severe range shifts due to climate change and are
expected to suffer a significant reduction of their climatically suitable habitats in the next few …

Genes on the edge: A framework to detect genetic diversity imperiled by climate change

SB Carvalho, J Torres, P Tarroso… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing global warming is disrupting several ecological and evolutionary processes,
spanning different levels of biological organization. Species are expected to shift their …

Eco‐evolution on the edge during climate change

CP Nadeau, MC Urban - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We urgently need to predict species responses to climate change to minimize future
biodiversity loss and ensure we do not waste limited resources on ineffective conservation …