Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming. However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small selection of taxa (i.e., plants, birds and butterflies), which may not be representative of biodiversity as a whole. Using data from less well-studied groups, we show that a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate species have moved northwards and uphill in Britain over approximately 25 years, mirroring, and in some cases exceeding, the responses of better-known groups.
BT - Global Change Biology DA - 2006 DB - Wiley Online Library DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01116.x IS - 3 LA - en N2 -Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming. However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small selection of taxa (i.e., plants, birds and butterflies), which may not be representative of biodiversity as a whole. Using data from less well-studied groups, we show that a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate species have moved northwards and uphill in Britain over approximately 25 years, mirroring, and in some cases exceeding, the responses of better-known groups.
PY - 2006 SN - 1365-2486 SP - 450 EP - 455 T2 - Global Change Biology TI - The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards VL - 12 Y2 - 2013-07-15 14:15:20 ER -