Why decadal to century timescale palaeoclimate data are needed to explain present-day patterns of biological diversity and change

Palaeoclimate explains a unique proportion of the global variation in soil bacterial communities

(2017) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Consistent role of Quaternary climate change in shaping current plant functional diversity patterns across European plant orders

(2017) Alejandro Ordonez et al.   Scientific Reports

Temperature extremes: geographic patterns, recent changes, and implications for organismal vulnerabilities

(2016) Lauren B. Buckley et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Late Quaternary climate change shapes island biodiversity

(2016) Patrick Weigelt et al.   NATURE

Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia

(2016) Frédérik Saltré et al.   Nature Communications

Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison

(2016) Julien Soubrier et al.   Nature Communications

Predicting and mitigating future biodiversity loss using long-term ecological proxies

(2016) Damien A. Fordham et al.   Nature Climate Change

Mapping climatic mechanisms likely to favour the emergence of novel communities

(2016) Alejandro Ordonez et al.   Nature Climate Change

Downscaled and debiased climate simulations for North America from 21,000 years ago to 2100AD

(2016) David J. Lorenz et al.   Scientific Data

The Influence of Paleoclimate on Present-Day Patterns in Biodiversity and Ecosystems

(2015) Jens-Christian Svenning et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Geographic patterns in functional diversity deficits are linked to glacial-interglacial climate stability and accessibility

(2015) Alejandro Ordonez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The spatial extent and dynamics of the Antarctic Cold Reversal

(2015) Joel B. Pedro et al.   Nature Geoscience

Community ecology in a changing environment: Perspectives from the Quaternary

(2015) Stephen T. Jackson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover

(2015) A. Cooper et al.   SCIENCE

Phylogenetic endemism in terrestrial mammals

(2015) Dan F. Rosauer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

(2014) Michael T. Burrows et al.   NATURE

Multiple Dimensions of Climate Change and Their Implications for Biodiversity

(2014) R. A. Garcia et al.   SCIENCE

Better forecasts of range dynamics using genetic data

(2014) Damien A. Fordham et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Climatic and biotic velocities for woody taxa distributions over the last 16 000 years in eastern North America

(2013) Alejandro Ordonez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Quantitative Assessment of the Importance of Phenotypic Plasticity in Adaptation to Climate Change in Wild Bird Populations

(2013) Oscar Vedder et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The climate velocity of the contiguous United States during the 20th century

(2012) Solomon Z. Dobrowski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The ice age ecologist: testing methods for reserve prioritization during the last global warming

(2012) John W. Williams et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

(2012) Pascale Braconnot et al.   Nature Climate Change

Focus on poleward shifts in species' distribution underestimates the fingerprint of climate change

(2012) Jeremy VanDerWal et al.   Nature Climate Change

Potential for range expansion of mountain pine beetle into the boreal forest of North America

(2011) L. Safranyik et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Spread of North American wind-dispersed trees in future environments

(2011) Ran Nathan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extrinsic and intrinsic forcing of abrupt ecological change: case studies from the late Quaternary

(2011) John W. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2011) M. T. Burrows et al.   SCIENCE

The Influence of Late Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity on Species Endemism

(2011) B. Sandel et al.   SCIENCE

The geography of climate change: implications for conservation biogeography

(2010) D. D. Ackerly et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Why does phenology drive species distribution?

(2010) I. Chuine   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The velocity of climate change

(2009) Scott R. Loarie et al.   NATURE

Ecology and the ratchet of events: Climate variability, niche dimensions, and species distributions

(2009) S. T. Jackson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot

(2009) A. C. Carnaval et al.   SCIENCE

Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bolling-Allerod Warming

(2009) Z. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

The Last Glacial Maximum

(2009) P. U. Clark et al.   SCIENCE

The impact of climate change on large mammal distribution and extinction: Evidence from the last glacial/interglacial transition

(2008) Adrian M. Lister et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Tree species range shifts at a continental scale: new predictive insights from a process-based model

(2008) Xavier Morin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

(2008) J. P. Steffensen et al.   SCIENCE

Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and amphibians

(2007) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOGRAPHY