When will a changing climate outpace adaptive evolution?

RA Martin, CRB da Silva, MP Moore… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research have illuminated the underlying ingredients that determine the scope
of evolutionary responses to climate change. The field of evolutionary biology therefore …

[HTML][HTML] The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality

L Liu, EJ Sayer, M Deng, P Li, W Liu, X Wang… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grassland is one of the largest terrestrial biomes, providing critical ecosystem services such
as food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation. Global climate …

Assessing the upper elevational limits of vegetation growth in global high-mountains

L Zou, F Tian, T Liang, L Eklundh, X Tong… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The upper elevational limits of vegetation growth in global high-mountains have been the
focus for monitoring and assessment of climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems …

A sex skew in life-history research: the problem of missing males

CR Archer, M Paniw… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Life-history strategies are diverse. While understanding this diversity is a fundamental aim of
evolutionary biology and biodemography, life-history data for some traits—in particular, age …

Life history adaptations to fluctuating environments: Combined effects of demographic buffering and lability

C Le Coeur, NG Yoccoz, R Salguero‐Gómez… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Demographic buffering and lability have been identified as adaptive strategies to optimise
fitness in a fluctuating environment. These are not mutually exclusive, however, we lack …

Phenotypic plasticity and the leaf economics spectrum: plasticity is positively associated with specific leaf area

GC Stotz, C Salgado‐Luarte, VM Escobedo… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which plants respond to changing or
heterogeneous conditions. Efforts to predict phenotypic plasticity across plant species have …

Alien flora of Nigeria: taxonomy, biogeography, habitats, and ecological impacts

IT Borokini, A Kortz, QA Anibaba, A Witt… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Biological invasions remain one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and livelihoods, and
are predicted to increase due to climate change and globalization. In this study, we …

Adapting perennial grain and oilseed crops for climate resiliency

J Jungers, B Runck, PM Ewing, T Maaz… - Crop …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is threatening the status quo of agricultural production globally. Perennial
cropping systems could be a useful strategy to adapt agriculture to a changing climate …

Pathways to global-change effects on biodiversity: new opportunities for dynamically forecasting demography and species interactions

M Paniw, D García-Callejas, F Lloret… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In structured populations, persistence under environmental change may be particularly
threatened when abiotic factors simultaneously negatively affect survival and reproduction of …

Climate change, ecosystem processes and biological diversity responses in high elevation communities

TR Seastedt, MF Oldfather - Climate, 2021 - mdpi.com
The populations, species, and communities in high elevation mountainous regions at or
above tree line are being impacted by the changing climate. Mountain systems have been …