Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Towards more integration of physiology, dispersal and land-use change to understand the responses of species to climate change

C Hof - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The accelerating biodiversity crisis, for which climate change has become an important
driver, urges the scientific community for answers to the question of whether and how …

A comprehensive database of amphibian heat tolerance

P Pottier, HY Lin, RRY Oh, P Pollo… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Rising temperatures represent a significant threat to the survival of ectothermic animals. As
such, upper thermal limits represent an important trait to assess the vulnerability of …

High sensitivity of tropical forest birds to deforestation at lower altitudes

SC Mills, JB Socolar, FA Edwards, E Parra… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat conversion is a major driver of tropical biodiversity loss, but its effects are poorly
understood in montane environments. While community‐level responses to habitat loss …

Dispersal abilities favor commensalism in animal-plant interactions under climate change

P Lemes, FG Barbosa, B Naimi, MB Araújo - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scientists still poorly understand how biotic interactions and dispersal limitation jointly
interact and affect the ability of species to track suitable habitats under climate change. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Novel physiological data needed for progress in global change ecology

S Herrando-Pérez, DR Vieites, MB Araújo - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies examining the underlying causes of the distributions of species and their future
trajectories under climate change have benefitted from the accumulation of measurements …

The effect of thermal microenvironment in upper thermal tolerance plasticity in tropical tadpoles. Implications for vulnerability to climate warming

JL Turriago, M Tejedo, JM Hoyos… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Current climate change is generating accelerated increase in extreme heat events and
organismal plastic adjustments in upper thermal tolerances,(critical thermal maximum …

Habitat heterogeneity affects the thermal ecology of an endangered lizard

N Gaudenti, E Nix, P Maier, MF Westphal… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change is already contributing to the extirpation of numerous species
worldwide, and sensitive species will continue to face challenges associated with rising …

There and back again: A meta-analytical approach on the influence of acclimation and altitude in the upper thermal tolerance of amphibians and reptiles

LM Carilo Filho, L Gomes, M Katzenberger… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Realistic predictions about the impacts of climate change onbiodiversity requires gathering
ecophysiological data and the critical thermal maxima (CTMax) is the most frequently used …

Advances in biologging can identify nuanced energetic costs and gains in predators

HM English, L Börger, A Kane, S Ciuti - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Foraging is a key driver of animal movement patterns, with specific challenges for predators
which must search for mobile prey. These patterns are increasingly impacted by global …