The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1351-1364

  Valladares, Fernando ^a,b   Matesanz, Silvia ^b   Guilhaumon, François ^c,d   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,c,e   Balaguer, Luis ^f   Benito Garzón, Marta ^d,g,h,i   Cornwell, Will ^j   Gianoli, Ernesto ^k,l   van Kleunen, Mark ^m   Naya, Daniel E ⁿ   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^o   Poorter, Hendrik ^p   Zavala, Miguel A ^q  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁱ UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^j VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^m UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^o AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^q Campus Universitario ^*  (Spain)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability hypothesis; Ecological niche models; Intraspecific variation; Local adaptation; Niche; Phenotypic plasticity; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PINE; PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; PLANTS;

EID: 84907843991     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12348     Document Type: Article

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