Knowing where species occur is fundamental to many ecological and environmental
applications. Species distribution models (SDMs) are typically based on correlations …

Global change has made it important to understand the factors that shape species'
distributions. Central to this area of research is the question of whether species' range limits …

Evolution occurs rapidly and is an ongoing process in our environments. Evolutionary
principles need to be built into conservation efforts, particularly given the stressful conditions …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1041–1054 Abstract Two major approaches address the need to
predict species distributions in response to environmental changes. Correlative models …

Understanding of the determinants of species' geographic range limits remains poorly
integrated. In part, this is because of the diversity of perspectives on the issue, and because …

The geographic ranges of many species have shifted polewards and uphill in elevation
associated with climate warming, leading to increases in species richness at high latitudes …

Every species occupies a limited geographic area, but it remains unclear why traits that limit
distribution do not evolve to allow range expansion. Hypotheses for the evolutionary stability …

1. The ranges of many species have expanded in cool regions but contracted at warm
margins in response to recent climate warming, but the mechanisms behind such changes …

Climate change has a worldwide impact on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, in
particular by causing shifts in species distributions and changes in species communities …

Summary 1 The impact of climate change on the distribution, abundance, phenology and
ecophysiology of species is already well documented, whereas the influence of climate …