Latitudinal and Elevational Range Shifts Under Contemporary Climate Change

TY - CHAP

T1 - Latitudinal and Elevational Range Shifts Under Contemporary Climate Change

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - Sheffer, Monica M.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PY - 2024/1

Y1 - 2024/1

N2 - Contemporary climate changes have already induced poleward and upward shifts in current distributions of species worldwide, although there is an important variation among species in timing, magnitude, and direction of these shifts. Latitudinal and elevational range shifts have especially been documented in the Northern Hemisphere, and chiefly between 30° and 60° latitudes. In contrast, there is much less data on range shift patterns within the Tropics, a critical lack given the high concentration of species richness and the large numbers of threatened taxa in this climate zone.

AB - Contemporary climate changes have already induced poleward and upward shifts in current distributions of species worldwide, although there is an important variation among species in timing, magnitude, and direction of these shifts. Latitudinal and elevational range shifts have especially been documented in the Northern Hemisphere, and chiefly between 30° and 60° latitudes. In contrast, there is much less data on range shift patterns within the Tropics, a critical lack given the high concentration of species richness and the large numbers of threatened taxa in this climate zone.

KW - Altitude

KW - Climate change

KW - Climate warming

KW - Dispersal

KW - Ecological niche

KW - Elevation

KW - Latitude

KW - Population dynamics

KW - Range core

KW - Range edge

KW - Range margin

KW - Range shift

KW - Species’ distribution

KW - Species’ range and Time lag

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00386-8

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00386-8

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85189412837

SN - 9780323984348

VL - 7

SP - 690

EP - 709

BT - Encyclopedia of Biodiversity

PB - Academic Press

ER -