TY - JOUR
T1 - Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary physiology
AU - Chown, Steven Loudon
AU - Hoffmann, Ary Anthony
AU - Kristensen, Torsten Nygaard
AU - Angilletta Jr., Michael J
AU - Stenseth, Nils Chr
AU - Pertoldi, Cino
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Much attention has been given to forecasting the likely effects of ongoing climate change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importance of understanding a species physiological capacities when forecasting its response to climate change, and the likely influence that capacities for genetic change across generations and changes in plastic responses, or the lack thereof, will have on a species response. Although perhaps not as well developed as correlative approaches to understanding species responses to change, mechanistic approaches are advancing rapidly. In this review, we explore several of the key messages emerging from the mechanistic approach, embodied in evolutionary physiology, to understanding and forecasting species responses to climate change.
AB - Much attention has been given to forecasting the likely effects of ongoing climate change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importance of understanding a species physiological capacities when forecasting its response to climate change, and the likely influence that capacities for genetic change across generations and changes in plastic responses, or the lack thereof, will have on a species response. Although perhaps not as well developed as correlative approaches to understanding species responses to change, mechanistic approaches are advancing rapidly. In this review, we explore several of the key messages emerging from the mechanistic approach, embodied in evolutionary physiology, to understanding and forecasting species responses to climate change.
UR - http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr_oa/c043p003.pdf
U2 - 10.3354/cr00879
DO - 10.3354/cr00879
M3 - Article
VL - 43
SP - 3
EP - 15
JO - Climate Research
JF - Climate Research
SN - 0936-577X
IS - 1-2
ER -