ArticleMolecular ecology2025
Telomere Length Differences Indicate Climate Change-Induced Stress and Population Decline in a Migratory Bird.
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- Ageing in Honeybees: Telomere Length Is Driven by Climate and Resource Availability Rather Than Urbanisation or Pollution.Global change biology · 2026Article
- The Genetic and Morphological Basis of Local Adaptation to Elevational Extremes in an Alpine Finch.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Telomere Length Differences Indicate Climate Change-Induced Stress and Population Decline in a Migratory Bird.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Genetic, phenotypic, and environmental drivers of local adaptation and climate change-induced maladaptation in a migratory songbird.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
Genomic projections of (mal)adaptation under future climate change, known as genomic offset, faces limited application due to challenges in validating model predictions. Individuals inhabiting regions with high genomic offset are expected to experience increased levels of physiological stress as a result of climate change, but documenting such stress can be challenging in systems where experimental manipulations are not possible. One increasingly common method for documenting physiological costs associated with stress in individuals is to measure the relative length of telomeres-the repetitive regions on the caps of chromosomes that are known to shorten at faster rates in more adverse conditions. Here we combine models of genomic offsets with measures of telomere shortening in a migratory bird, the yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia), and find a strong correlation between genomic offset, telomere length and population decline. While further research is needed to fully understand these links, our results support the idea that birds in regions where climate change is happening faster are experiencing more stress and that such negative effects may help explain the observed population declines.
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