When will a changing climate outpace adaptive evolution?

RA Martin, CRB da Silva, MP Moore… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research have illuminated the underlying ingredients that determine the scope
of evolutionary responses to climate change. The field of evolutionary biology therefore …

[HTML][HTML] The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality

L Liu, EJ Sayer, M Deng, P Li, W Liu, X Wang… - Fundamental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Grassland is one of the largest terrestrial biomes, providing critical ecosystem services such
as food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation. Global climate …

The assembly and dynamics of ecological communities in an ever‐changing world

O Godoy, F Soler‐Toscano, JR Portillo… - Ecological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Alternative perspectives on the maintenance of biodiversity and the assembly of ecological
communities suggest that both processes cannot be investigated simultaneously. In this …

Assessing the upper elevational limits of vegetation growth in global high-mountains

L Zou, F Tian, T Liang, L Eklundh, X Tong… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The upper elevational limits of vegetation growth in global high-mountains have been the
focus for monitoring and assessment of climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems …

Life history adaptations to fluctuating environments: Combined effects of demographic buffering and lability

C Le Coeur, NG Yoccoz, R Salguero‐Gómez… - Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Demographic buffering and lability have been identified as adaptive strategies to optimise
fitness in a fluctuating environment. These are not mutually exclusive, however, we lack …

Phenotypic plasticity and the leaf economics spectrum: plasticity is positively associated with specific leaf area

GC Stotz, C Salgado‐Luarte, VM Escobedo… - Oikos, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which plants respond to changing or
heterogeneous conditions. Efforts to predict phenotypic plasticity across plant species have …

Looking to the past to understand the future: linking evolutionary modes of response with functional and life history traits in variable environments

JR Gremer - New Phytologist, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In a variable world, plants must have strategies to deal with environmental conditions as
they change. Understanding these strategies is critical since climate change not only affects …

Alien flora of Nigeria: taxonomy, biogeography, habitats, and ecological impacts

IT Borokini, A Kortz, QA Anibaba, A Witt… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Springer
Biological invasions remain one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and livelihoods, and
are predicted to increase due to climate change and globalization. In this study, we …

A sex skew in life-history research: the problem of missing males

CR Archer, M Paniw… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Life-history strategies are diverse. While understanding this diversity is a fundamental aim of
evolutionary biology and biodemography, life-history data for some traits—in particular, age …

Recent exposure to environmental stochasticity does not determine the demographic resilience of natural populations

J Cant, P Capdevila, M Beger… - Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Escalating climatic and anthropogenic pressures expose ecosystems worldwide to
increasingly stochastic environments. Yet, our ability to forecast the responses of natural …