Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

SL Maxwell, N Butt, M Maron… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …

Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration: evolutionary versus plastic changes

A Charmantier, P Gienapp - Evolutionary applications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There are multiple observations around the globe showing that in many avian species, both
the timing of migration and breeding have advanced, due to warmer springs. Here, we …

DiversityScanner: Robotic handling of small invertebrates with machine learning methods

L Wührl, C Pylatiuk, M Giersch, F Lapp… - Molecular ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Invertebrate biodiversity remains poorly understood although it comprises much of the
terrestrial animal biomass, most species and supplies many ecosystem services. The main …

An ecologist's guide to the animal model

AJ Wilson, D Réale, MN Clements… - Journal of animal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Efforts to understand the links between evolutionary and ecological dynamics hinge on our
ability to measure and understand how genes influence phenotypes, fitness and population …

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

J Forrest, AJ Miller-Rushing - … Transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phenology affects nearly all aspects of ecology and evolution. Virtually all biological
phenomena—from individual physiology to interspecific relationships to global nutrient …

Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and genetic responses

P Gienapp, C Teplitsky, JS Alho, JA Mills… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid climate change is likely to impose strong selection pressures on traits important for
fitness, and therefore, microevolution in response to climate‐mediated selection is …

Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change

ME Visser - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The pivotal question in the debate on the ecological effects of climate change is whether
species will be able to adapt fast enough to keep up with their changing environment. If we …

Climate change and ageing in ectotherms

P Burraco, G Orizaola, P Monaghan… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity is changing climatic conditions at an unprecedented rate. The impact of
these changes may be especially acute on ectotherms since they have limited capacities to …

Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals

P De Villemereuil, A Charmantier… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Temporal variation in natural selection is predicted to strongly impact the evolution and
demography of natural populations, with consequences for the rate of adaptation, evolution …

Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework

ME Visser, SP Caro, K Van Oers… - … Transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phenology refers to the periodic appearance of life-cycle events and currently receives
abundant attention as the effects of global change on phenology are so apparent …