Temperature increase and frost decrease driving upslope elevational range shifts in Alpine grouse and hares.

ABSTRACT: Global climate change has led to range shifts in plants and animals, thus threatening biodiversity. Latitudinal shifts have been shown to be more pronounced than elevational shifts, implying that northern range edge margins may be more capable to keeping pace with warming than upper elevational limits. Additionally, global climate change is expected to disadvantage habitat specialists. In the Alps, climatic variation along the elevation gradient allows the coexistence of habitat specialists and generalists. Alpine species are anticipated to adapt their elevational ranges to the change of various climate variables caused by global climate change. Regional differences might buffer elevational shifts. Furthermore, distinct climate variables might differently affect the shifts of habitat speci

SUBMITTER: Schai-Braun SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292969 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature