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Bässler, Claus ; Hothorn, Torsten ; Brandl, Roland ; Müller, Jörg:
Insects Overshoot the Expected Upslope Shift Caused by Climate Warming.
In: PLoS One.
Bd. 8
(2013)
Heft 6
.
- e65842.
ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065842
Abstract
Along elevational gradients, climate warming may lead to an upslope shift of the lower and upper range margin of organisms. A recent meta-analysis concluded that these shifts are species specific and considerably differ among taxonomic lineages. We used the opportunity to compare upper range margins of five lineages (plants, beetles, flies, hymenoptera, and birds) between 1902–1904 and 2006–2007 within one region (Bavarian Forest, Central Europe). Based on the increase in the regional mean annual temperature during this period and the regional lapse rate, the upslope shift is expected to be between 51 and 201 m. Averaged across species within lineages, the range margin of all animal lineages shifted upslope, but that of plants did not. For animals, the observed shifts were probably due to shifts in temperature and not to changes in habitat conditions. The range margin of plants is therefore apparently not constrained by temperature, a result contrasting recent findings. The mean shift of birds (165 m) was within the predicted range and consistent with a recent global meta-analysis. However, the upslope shift of the three insect lineages (>260 m) exceeded the expected shift even after considering several sources of uncertainty, which indicated a non-linear response to temperature. Our analysis demonstrated broad differences among lineages in their response to climate change even within one region. Furthermore, on the considered scale, the response of ectothermic animals was not consistent with expectations based on shifts in the mean annual temperature. Irrespective of the reasons for the overshooting of the response of the insects, these shifts lead to reorganizations in the composition of assemblages with consequences for ecosystem processes.
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Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie > Lehrstuhl Ökologie der Pilze > Lehrstuhl Ökologie der Pilze - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Bässler Forschungseinrichtungen > Zentrale wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen > Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung - BayCEER |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Eingestellt am: | 18 Nov 2024 13:34 |
Letzte Änderung: | 18 Nov 2024 13:34 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/91186 |