Climate Change in the Tropics: Ecological and Evolutionary Responses at Low Latitudes
Climate Change in the Tropics: Ecological and Evolutionary Responses at Low Latitudes
复制标题
热带气候变化：低纬度地区的生态和进化反应
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2019
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
Kimberly S. Sheldon
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Kimberly S. Sheldon
气候变化正在影响地球上的每一个生态系统。尽管气候变化是全球性的，但有关气候变化对生物影响的文献综述主要集中在温带和极地地区。热带物种具有独特的生活史和生理机能，生态群落在不同纬度上的组合也不同。因此，与温带和极地地区的物种和群落相比，热带物种和群落可能对气候变化表现出不同的反应。热带地区气候变化的特征是什么？这篇综述总结了热带地区气候变化影响的当前知识状况，并讨论了研究重点，以更好地了解地球上生物多样性最丰富的地区物种和生态群落应对气候变化的方式。
Climate change is affecting every ecosystem on Earth. Though climate change is global in scope, literature reviews on the biotic impacts of climate change have focused on temperate and polar regions. Tropical species have distinct life histories and physiologies, and ecological communities are assembled differently across latitude. Thus, tropical species and communities may exhibit different responses to climate change compared with those in temperate and polar regions. What are the fingerprints of climate change in the tropics? This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on impacts of climate change in tropical regions and discusses research priorities to better understand the ways in which species and ecological communities are responding to climate change in the most biodiverse places on Earth.