Species are the unit of analysis in many global change and conservation biology studies;
however, species are not uniform entities but are composed of different, sometimes locally …

Concerns are rising about the capacity of species to adapt quickly enough to climate
change. In long‐lived organisms such as trees, genetic adaptation is slow, and how much …

Obtaining reliable predictions of species range shifts under climate change is a crucial
challenge for ecologists and stakeholders. At the continental scale, niche‐based models …

Pioneering efforts to predict shifts in species distribution under climate change used simple
models based on the correlation between contemporary environmental factors and …

Climate change may soon threaten much of global biodiversity. A critical question is: can
species undergo niche shifts of sufficient speed and magnitude to persist within their current …

Populations of many species are genetically adapted to local historical climate conditions.
Yet most forecasts of species' distributions under climate change have ignored local …

Climate change is a threat to biodiversity. One way that this threat manifests is through
pronounced shifts in the geographical range of species over time. To predict these shifts …

Although bioclimatic modelling is often used to estimate potential impacts of likely climate
changes, little has been done to assess the reliability and variability of projections. Here …

As the climate continues to change, species are moving to track their climatic niches.
Although we are gaining a clearer picture of where and how quickly species ranges are …

Information on the ecological traits of species might improve predictions of climate-driven
range shifts. However, the usefulness of traits is usually assumed rather than quantified …