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Biology
Mateusz Baca, Danijela Popovic, Alexander K. Agadzhanyan, Katarzyna Baca, Nicholas J. Conard, Helen Fewlass, Thomas Filek, Michal Golubinski, Ivan Horacek, Monika V. Knul, Magdalena Krajcarz, Maria Krokhaleva, Loic Lebreton, Anna Lemanik, Lutz C. Maul, Doris Nagel, Pierre Noiret, Jerome Primault, Leonid Rekovets, Sara E. Rhodes, Aurelien Royer, Natalia V. Serdyuk, Marie Soressi, John R. Stewart, Tatiana Strukova, Sahra Talamo, Jaroslaw Wilczynski, Adam Nadachowski
Summary: By studying the ancient mitochondrial genomes of narrow-headed voles from Europe and Asia, the researchers found that the evolution of narrow-headed voles and collared lemings was influenced by climate fluctuations. They also identified time-structured mtDNA lineages in European narrow-headed voles during the Late Pleistocene, which helped explain the drivers of dynamics in steppe- and cold-adapted species.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Clifford F. Mass, Eric P. Salathe, Richard Steed, Jeffrey Baars
Summary: This paper investigates the mesoscale impacts of global warming and the uncertainties in its expression by downscaling an ensemble of 12 general circulation models using the WRF model. Several mesoscale responses to global warming were discovered in the regional climate ensemble, contrasting the global model simulations.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mercedes Andrade-Velazquez, Ojilve Ramon Medrano-Perez, Martin Jose Montero-Martinez, Alejandro Alcudia-Aguilar
Summary: This study reveals a clear warming trend in southeast Mexico-Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, and the Caribbean regions, with slightly positive and negative precipitation anomalies in different areas. The correlation between temperatures and precipitation with climate drivers such as ENSO, PDO, and AMO is also highlighted in the research.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Melissa S. Bukovsky, Jing Gao, Linda O. Mearns, Brian C. O'Neill
Summary: This study assessed the combined impacts of GHG-forced climate change and projected land-use changes in regional climate projections. The research found that different societal trends in land-use changes can significantly affect climate projections in various ways. Effects of urbanization and agricultural land-use changes on future climate warming were particularly notable, with urban areas experiencing greater temperature increases.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Kamran Safi, Pedro Tarroso, Jose Carlos Brito
Summary: The study reveals that the impacts of climate change on mammals are not uniform, and vulnerability to these changes differs between functional groups. The research found that the areas most at risk of exposure to extreme climates are located in lowlands rather than mountains, with extreme drying posing a greater threat to mammal diversity, particularly for large-bodied and threatened species in arid regions.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eugenio Y. Arima, Audrey Denvir, Kenneth R. Young, Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Felipe Garcia-Oliva
Summary: The study found that as demand for avocado increases, avocado production in Michoacan expands into new areas, influenced by factors such as existing agriculture, accessibility, and diminishing availability of soils. Future expansion may result in loss of various forest types, particularly pine-oak forest, mesophilic montane forest, and oyamel fir forest. The wider avocado crop production footprint could lead to orchard establishment in forests hosting high biodiversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Carolina Ureta, Mercedes Ramirez-Barron, Edgar Andres Sanchez-Garcia, Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo, Mariana Munguia-Carrara, Alma Mendoza-Ponce, Carlos Gay, Victor Sanchez-Cordero
Summary: There is a need to revise the framework used to project species risks under climate change and land-use/cover change scenarios. The authors built a risk index using the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change framework and incorporated future land-use/cover change scenarios. The study identified 15 species of terrestrial mammals occurring in Mexico projected to lose their climatic suitability.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sun W. W. Kim, Brigitte Sommer, Maria Beger, John M. M. Pandolfi
Summary: Climate change is causing rapid and widespread degradation of the environmental conditions that previously supported species survival. Current projections of climate change mainly focus on acute environmental anomalies and global extinction risks, without considering species-specific patterns. As a result, we lack knowledge about the explicit dimensions of climate risk that are essential for predicting future biodiversity responses and developing effective management and conservation strategies.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Ahsan Farooq, Nageen Farooq, Haseeb Akbar, Zia Ul Hassan, Shabbir H. Gheewala
Summary: Climate change poses a threat to food security, particularly for crops like wheat, maize, and rice. The impact of climate change on these crops varies by region, with colder areas potentially experiencing increased yields while equatorial countries may see decreased production. Water scarcity, amplified by climate change, is likely to reduce rice yields globally. Multiple climate models and bias correction techniques should be used for more accurate predictions. Adaptation measures, such as adjusting planting calendars and improving crop varieties, are recommended to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Pedro M. M. Soares, Gil Lemos, Daniela C. A. Lima
Summary: This study assesses and understands the changes in Earth's climate by comparing historical simulations and future projections. The comparison between model results and observations shows that the CMIP global climate models can generally capture the climate changes in the Iberian Peninsula, although there is room for improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jonathan Sumby, Marcus Haward, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Gretta T. Pecl
Summary: This paper examines institutional responses from Regional Fisheries Bodies to climate change, finding that while most institutions are aware of and learning about climate change, actual actions taken are limited and mainly procedural and administrative.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yongxiao Liang, Nathan p. Gillett, Adam h. Monahan
Summary: Physically based observational constraint methods can effectively reduce uncertainty in global warming projections. The study finds that global low-cloud metrics perform better in constraining surface temperature projections compared to past warming trend or regional climate metrics. Constrained climate models provide more accurate projections and narrower uncertainty ranges.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2023)
Article
Biology
Konstantina Agiadi, Frederic Quillevere, Rafal Nawrot, Theo Sommeville, Marta Coll, Efterpi Koskeridou, Jan Fietzke, Martin Zuschin
Summary: Mesopelagic fishes play crucial roles in marine food webs, are a vast but largely untapped food resource, and contribute significantly to the biological carbon pump. However, their future under climate change scenarios remains uncertain.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Francisco Estrada, Alma Mendoza, Guillermo Murray, Oscar Calderon-Bustamante, Wouter Botzen, Teresa De Leon Escobedo, Julian A. Velasco
Summary: The collection of databases on climate change and its impacts is abundant but does not always satisfy the varying information needs of users. The use of emulators can bridge this information gap by approximating complex model outputs and enabling user-defined experiments. This study presents an emulator for the EPIC crop model, capable of reproducing changes in rainfed maize and creating projections for user-defined scenarios. Results show that climate change could have significant consequences for rainfed maize production in Mexico, and international mitigation efforts play a crucial role in modulating these impacts.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Javier Diez-Sierra, Maialen Iturbide, Jesus Fernandez, Jose M. Gutierrez, Josipa Milovac, Antonio S. Cofino
Summary: Assessing the regional responses to different global warming levels is a crucial challenge in climate change sciences. This study evaluates the consistency between global and regional projections and finds strong evidence to support the use of regional climate models in studying global warming levels.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Victor Adrian Perez-Crespo, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Pedro Morales-Puente, Edith Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Francisco J. Otero
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
(2018)
Article
Zoology
Bernal Rodriguez-Herrera, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Rodrigo A. Medellin
Editorial Material
Geography, Physical
Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Maria A. Gutierrez
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Leticia M. Ochoa-Ochoa, Cesar A. Rios-Munoz, Stephen B. Johnson, Oscar A. Flores-Villela, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Martha Martinez-Gordillo
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2019)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
H. Gregory McDonald, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Ivan Alarcon-Duran, Deborah Espinosa-Martinez
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Andres Arias-Alzate, Felber J. Arroyave, Oscar Y. Romero Goyeneche, Rafael G. Hurtado Heredia, Jose F. Gonzalez-Maya, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, A. Townsend Peterson, Enrique Martinez-Meyer
Summary: This study investigates the indirect interactions and functional diversity patterns of mammalian carnivores in the Americas. The results show that co-occurring carnivore species exhibit ecological segregation driven by the size ratio relationship. This relationship is conservative across different ecological trait groups and through time and space, and potentially limits carnivore coexistence.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Eileen Johnson, J. Alberto Cruz
Summary: San Josecito Cave in northeastern Mexico is an important paleontological site containing over 30 extinct vertebrate species. Recent research has revealed the presence of multiple successive local faunas at the site, highlighting the importance of detailed studies of single localities. The site's faunal data is crucial for paleoenvironment reconstruction and Quaternary paleoclimatic modeling.
Article
Biology
Alejandro Hiram Marin-Leyva, Sabrina Delgado-Garcia, Maria Luisa Garcia-Zepeda, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, J. Ramon Lopez-Garcia, Ramon Adrian Plata-Ramirez, Esperanza Melendez-Herrera
Summary: This study provides insights into the diet and habitat of fossil camelids in Mexican Late Pleistocene through the analysis of dental microwear and stable isotopes. The results reveal that the camelids in central Mexico were evaporation-sensitive and the environment varied between the two fossil sites.
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Meghan A. Balk, John Deck, Kitty F. Emery, Ramona L. Walls, Dana Reuter, Raphael LaFrance, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Paul Barrett, Jessica Blois, Arianne Boileau, Laura Brenskelle, Nicole R. Cannarozzi, J. Alberto Cruz, Liliana M. Davalos, Noe U. de la Sancha, Prasiddhi Gyawali, Maggie M. Hantak, Samantha Hopkins, Brooks Kohli, Jessica N. King, Michelle S. Koo, A. Michelle Lawing, Helena Machado, Samantha M. McCrane, Bryan McLean, Michele E. Morgan, Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Denne Reed, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Neeka Sewnath, Nathan S. Upham, Amelia Villasenor, Laurel Yohe, Edward B. Davis, Robert P. Guralnick
Summary: Understanding the variation of traits within and among species is crucial in biology. However, the data and metadata underlying trait measurements are often not reported. This article introduces FuTRES, an online resource for individual-level trait reporting, which already stores millions of trait measurements for various specimens. The article highlights potential issues with simply reporting a single mean estimate and shows that individual-level data improve estimates of body mass for zooarchaeological specimens. FuTRES facilitates trait data integration and discoverability and accelerates new research agendas.
Article
Biology
Omar Cirilli, Helena Machado, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Christina Barron-Ortiz, Edward Davis, Christopher N. Jass, Advait M. Jukar, Zoe Landry, Alejandro H. Marin-Leyva, Luca Pandolfi, Diana Pushkina, Lorenzo Rook, Juha Saarinen, Eric Scott, Gina Semprebon, Flavia Strani, Natalia A. Villavicencio, Ferhat Kaya, Raymond L. Bernor
Summary: The study provides an updated taxonomic framework for the genus Equus and explores its relationship with other lineages of the family Equidae. It examines the correlations between body size and environmental changes using paleoclimatic map reconstructions. The study also presents the two most recent phylogenetic hypotheses on the evolution of Equus and compares them with molecular-based studies.
Article
Biology
Victor Adrian Perez-Crespo, Cesar A. Laurito, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Ana L. Valerio, Edith Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Francisco J. Otero
Summary: The feeding and habitat habits of 12 gomphotheres Cuvieronius hyodon from the Pleistocene of Costa Rica were determined through the analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes in tooth enamel. The findings reveal that these animals predominantly consumed C-3 plants and inhabited forested areas. Gomphotheres living in high altitudes and latitudes showed a higher intake of C-3 plants compared to those living in lower areas or latitudes. This suggests that, in Costa Rica, gomphotheres specialized in feeding on C-3 plants, similar to specimens found in North and South America.
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
J. Alberto Cruz, Omar Moreno-Flores, Eduardo Corona-M, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales
Summary: A fossil flamingo egg, the first Pleistocene fossil egg record for the family Phoenicopteridae in North America, was found during the construction of a new International Airport in Mexico. This discovery provides important insights into the past distribution and climatic conditions of flamingos in the region.
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
J. Alberto Cruz, Julian A. Velasco, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Eileen Johnson
Summary: Advances in technology have provided paleobiologists with new tools to assess the fossil record, such as using the functional traits of vertebrates to infer paleoenvironmental conditions. Birds, although studied less than mammals, are not considered reliable paleoambiental proxies due to their ability to respond more effectively to climate change. However, investigating multiple groups of small vertebrates, including birds, reptiles, and small mammals, can help infer past climatic conditions. The presence of non-analog paleoenvironmental conditions in the Late Pleistocene in the San Josecito Cave area can explain the disharmonious fauna and extinction of several taxa.
Article
Paleontology
Victor Adrian Perez-Crespo, Peter Schaaf, Gabriela Solis-Pichardo, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Jose Ramon Torres-Hernandez
NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN
(2019)
Article
Biology
Sandra M. Ospina-Garces, Efrain De Luna, L. Gerardo Herrera M, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Jose Juan Flores-Martinez
REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL
(2018)