Range retractions and extinction in the face of climate warming

Thomas, Chris D., Franco, Aldina M. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-7378 and Hill, Jane K. (2006) Range retractions and extinction in the face of climate warming. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 21 (8). pp. 415-416. ISSN 1872-8383

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Abstract

Until recently, published evidence for the responses of species to climate change had revealed more examples of species expanding than retracting their distributions. However, recent papers on butterflies and frogs now show that population-level and species-level extinctions are occurring. The relative lack of previous information about range retractions and extinctions appears to stem, at least partly, from a failure to survey the distributions of species at sufficiently fine resolution to detect declines, and from a failure to attribute such declines to climate change. The new evidence suggests that climate-driven extinctions and range retractions are already widespread.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	19 May 2011 13:05
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 08:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/31071
DOI:	10.1016/j.tree.2006.05.012

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