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Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot

Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot
Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot
Species' ranges are shifting globally in response to climate warming, with substantial variability among taxa, even within regions. Relationships between range dynamics and intrinsic species traits may be particularly apparent in the ocean, where temperature more directly shapes species' distributions. Here, we test for a role of species traits and climate velocity in driving range extensions in the ocean-warming hotspot of southeast Australia. Climate velocity explained some variation in range shifts, however, including species traits more than doubled the variation explained. Swimming ability, omnivory and latitudinal range size all had positive relationships with range extension rate, supporting hypotheses that increased dispersal capacity and ecological generalism promote extensions. We find independent support for the hypothesis that species with narrow latitudinal ranges are limited by factors other than climate. Our findings suggest that small-ranging species are in double jeopardy, with limited ability to escape warming and greater intrinsic vulnerability to stochastic disturbances.
Benthic invertebrates, climate change, climate response, fishes, functional traits, invasion, range expansion, range shifts, range size
1461-023X
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Sunday, Jennifer M., Pecl, Gretta T., Frusher, Stewart, Hobday, Alistair J., Hill, Nicole, Holbrook, Neil J., Edgar, Graham J., Stuart-Smith, Rick, Barrett, Neville, Wernberg, Thomas, Watson, Reg A., Smale, Dan A., Fulton, Elizabeth A., Slawinski, Dirk, Feng, Ming, Radford, Ben T., Thompson, Peter A. and Bates, Amanda E. (2015) Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot. Ecology Letters, 18 (9), 944-953. (doi:10.1111/ele.12474).

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Abstract

Species' ranges are shifting globally in response to climate warming, with substantial variability among taxa, even within regions. Relationships between range dynamics and intrinsic species traits may be particularly apparent in the ocean, where temperature more directly shapes species' distributions. Here, we test for a role of species traits and climate velocity in driving range extensions in the ocean-warming hotspot of southeast Australia. Climate velocity explained some variation in range shifts, however, including species traits more than doubled the variation explained. Swimming ability, omnivory and latitudinal range size all had positive relationships with range extension rate, supporting hypotheses that increased dispersal capacity and ecological generalism promote extensions. We find independent support for the hypothesis that species with narrow latitudinal ranges are limited by factors other than climate. Our findings suggest that small-ranging species are in double jeopardy, with limited ability to escape warming and greater intrinsic vulnerability to stochastic disturbances.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 20 July 2015
Published date: September 2015
Keywords: Benthic invertebrates, climate change, climate response, fishes, functional traits, invasion, range expansion, range shifts, range size
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science

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Local EPrints ID: 379494
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/379494
ISSN: 1461-023X
PURE UUID: 5f7ac9c4-15fc-48e7-8dc3-d300b75e298b

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 20:41

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Author: Jennifer M. Sunday
Author: Gretta T. Pecl
Author: Stewart Frusher
Author: Alistair J. Hobday
Author: Nicole Hill
Author: Neil J. Holbrook
Author: Graham J. Edgar
Author: Rick Stuart-Smith
Author: Neville Barrett
Author: Thomas Wernberg
Author: Reg A. Watson
Author: Dan A. Smale
Author: Elizabeth A. Fulton
Author: Dirk Slawinski
Author: Ming Feng
Author: Ben T. Radford
Author: Peter A. Thompson
Author: Amanda E. Bates

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