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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1249, No. 1, Year 2012
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Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on the globe, exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. Changes in the cryosphere dominate the physical changes that already affect these animals, but increasing air temperatures, changes in precipitation, and ocean acidification will also affect Arctic ecosystems in the future. Adaptation via natural selection is problematic in such a rapidly changing environment. Adjustment via phenotypic plasticity is therefore likely to dominate Arctic vertebrate responses in the short term, and many such adjustments have already been documented. Changes in phenology and range will occur for most species but will only partly mitigate climate change impacts, which are particularly difficult to forecast due to the many interactions within and between trophic levels. Even though Arctic species richness is increasing via immigration from the South, many Arctic vertebrates are expected to become increasingly threatened during this century. © 2012 New York Academy of Sciences.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gilg, Olivier
France, Dijon
Biogéosciences Bgs
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Kovacs, Kit Maureen
Norway, Tromso
Norsk Polarinstitutt
Fort, Jérôme
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitet
Gauthier, Gilles
Canada, Quebec
Université Laval
Grémillet, David
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Moreau, Jérôme
France, Dijon
Biogéosciences Bgs
Post, Eric
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitet
Yannic, Glenn
Canada, Quebec
Université Laval
Bollache, Loïc Ïc
France, Dijon
Biogéosciences Bgs
Statistics
Citations: 162
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06412.x
ISSN:
00778923
Research Areas
Environmental