SynthesisProceedings. Biological sciences2015
Geographical variation in species' population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association of humidity and precipitation with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in allergy · 2024Pooled it
- Fitness consequences of different migratory strategies in partially migratory populations: A multi-taxa meta-analysis.The Journal of animal ecology · 2020Pooled it
- Functional Diversity Responses to Temperature Vary Spatially and With Protection Status in Wintering Waterbird Assemblages.Ecology letters · 2026Article
- The Importance, Challenges and Solutions of a Changing Climate for Conserving Migratory Animals and the Ecosystem Services They Provide.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Identifying the demographic pathways linking environmental covariates to population dynamics in an avian migrant.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026Article
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- Comparative Transcriptomic Reveals Greater Similarities in Response to Temperature Than to Invasive Alien Predator in the DamselflyEvolutionary applications · 2024Article
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- Concordant and opposing effects of climate and land-use change on avian assemblages in California's most transformed landscapes.Science advances · 2023Article
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- Climate and weather have differential effects in a high latitude passerine community.Oecologia · 2021Article
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- Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance.Nature · 2018Article
- Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
Despite increasing concerns about the vulnerability of species' populations to climate change, there has been little overall synthesis of how individual population responses to variation in climate differ between taxa, with trophic level or geographically. To address this, we extracted data from 132 long-term (greater than or equal to 20 years) studies of population responses to temperature and precipitation covering 236 animal and plant species across terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Our results identify likely geographical differences in the effects of climate change on populations and communities in line with macroecological theory. Temperature tended to have a greater overall impact on populations than precipitation, although the effects of increased precipitation varied strongly with latitude, being most positive at low latitudes. Population responses to increased temperature were generally positive, but did not vary significantly with latitude. Studies reporting significant climatic trends through time tended to show more negative effects of temperature and more positive effects of precipitation upon populations than other studies, indicating climate change has already impacted many populations. Most studies of climate change impacts on biodiversity have focused on temperature and are from middle to high northern latitudes. Our results suggest their findings may be less applicable to low latitudes.
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