Climate velocities and species tracking in global mountain regions.

ABSTRACT: Mountain ranges contain high concentrations of endemic species and are indispensable refugia for lowland species that are facing anthropogenic climate change^1,2. Forecasting biodiversity redistribution hinges on assessing whether species can track shifting isotherms as the climate warms^3,4. However, a global analysis of the velocities of isotherm shifts along elevation gradients is hindered by the scarcity of weather stations in mountainous regions⁵. Here we address this issue by mapping the lapse rate of temperature (LRT) across mountain regions globally, both by using satellite data (SLRT) and by using the laws of thermodynamics to account for water vapour⁶ (that is, the moist adiabatic lapse rate (MALRT)). By dividing the rate of surface warmi

SUBMITTER: Chan WP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11062926 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature