Article
Plant Sciences
Max Mallen-Cooper, William K. Cornwell, Eve Slavich, Manon E. B. Sabot, Zoe A. Xirocostas, David J. Eldridge
Summary: Based on a 25-year-old biocrust survey in south-eastern Australia, this study found that most taxa of biocrusts have experienced shifts in their climate niches towards hotter and drier conditions in the past quarter century. However, the majority of taxa showed consistent responses and remained in the same geographic range, except for a few taxa that exhibited contraction at their arid range edges. This suggests that biocrust species are lagging behind the pace of climate change and may incur losses in ecosystem functionality in the contracting front.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Dai Koide, Tetsuro Yoshikawa, Fumiko Ishihama, Taku Kadoya
Summary: The study found that juvenile tree species prefer cooler sites with high variation, partially explained by differences in seed mass. Complex range shifts at functional trait (FT) level have implications for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Guillem Chust, Fernando Gonzalez Taboada, Paula Alvarez, Leire Ibaibarriaga
Summary: Poleward distributional shifts and phenological adjustments are common ecological responses to ocean warming. A new framework proposed in this study analyzes the alternative acclimatization pathways that can include or exclude timing and poleward shift. The analysis of horse mackerel and Atlantic mackerel in the northeast Atlantic showed contrasting responses to warming, with horse mackerel spawning earlier and Atlantic mackerel shifting northward. These new insights have implications for fisheries management and habitat projections under climate change.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Samuel M. Bashevkin, Brian Mahardja, Larry R. Brown
Summary: Temperature is a crucial factor that affects ecosystems at various scales. The rise in global temperatures is expected to have significant impacts, particularly in valuable systems like estuaries. In the upper San Francisco Estuary, which is an important water source and home to economically and ecologically valuable fish species, water temperatures have increased by an average of 0.017 degrees C per year over the past 50 years. The increase in temperature has been most significant in the late-fall to winter and mid-spring seasons, which coincide with important life stages of Chinook salmon and the endangered delta smelt. The study also found that warming was fastest in northern regions, which are crucial for fish migration and have important wetland habitats. However, no long-term temperature trends were observed in October, and only some regions showed trends in May, July, and August.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Remote Sensing
Yanji Wang, Xiangjin Shen, Ming Jiang, Shouzheng Tong, Xianguo Lu
Summary: This study found a significant increase in marsh AGB density from 2000 to 2019 over the Tibetan Plateau, mainly influenced by increased precipitation in July. The study also revealed an asymmetric impact of night and day temperature on AGB in the Tibetan Plateau marshes: warming day-time temperature has no-significant effect on marsh AGB, while night-time warming can significantly increase the AGB of marshes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Costanza Geppert, Alessio Bertolli, Filippo Prosser, Lorenzo Marini
Summary: Mountain ecosystems are undergoing significant changes in plant distribution due to human activities. The range dynamics of mountain plants show large variability, with some species expanding, shifting, or shrinking their range. A study of 1,479 species in the European Alps over the past 30 years found that red-listed species experienced a rapid range contraction and were unable to track climate warming. In contrast, aliens quickly expanded upslope while keeping their rear margins almost still. The findings suggest that conservation efforts should prioritize low-elevation areas where red-listed natives and aliens coexist.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu-Chuan Luo, Zhao Zhang, Liang-Liang Zhang, Jing Zhang, Fu-Lu Tao
Summary: The study analyzed the spatiotemporal changes in maize phenology in China from 1981 to 2018 and found that the trends in maize phenology were mainly influenced by rising minimum temperature, followed by maximum temperature, with the least impact from mean temperature. The study also highlighted that maize phenology is more sensitive to night-time warming than daytime warming, and the impact of cultivar shifts on maize phenology outweighs that of climate change.
ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Janelle A. Goeke, Emelie M. Foster, Anna R. Armitage
Summary: Tropicalization is a global phenomenon that is changing ecosystems, and mangrove encroachment is a specific form of tropicalization that can have consequences for coastal wetland fauna. This study focuses on the interactions between key coastal wetland consumers and encroaching black mangroves and identifies physiological responses that may contribute to shifts in floral and faunal communities.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jack V. Johnson, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Summary: Marine heatwaves from global warming are causing coral bleaching and degradation of coral reefs worldwide. However, the extent of coral bleaching varies depending on the proximity of reef building corals to mangroves. Corals located further away from mangroves experience higher levels of bleaching, suggesting that the presence of co-tolerant coral species associated with mangroves may reduce bleaching. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying these patterns and to collect more local-scale data.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Michael J. Osland, Philip W. Stevens, Margaret M. Lamont, Richard C. Brusca, Kristen M. Hart, J. Hardin Waddle, Catherine A. Langtimm, Caroline M. Williams, Barry D. Keim, Adam J. Terando, Eric A. Reyier, Katie E. Marshall, Michael E. Loik, Ross E. Boucek, Amanda B. Lewis, Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Summary: Tropicalization refers to the transformation of temperate ecosystems by poleward-moving tropical organisms in response to warming temperatures. In North America, as extreme winter cold events decrease, many tropical species are expected to expand their range northward, potentially impacting temperate organisms. The effects of extreme cold events on tropical organisms are significant and understudied, with warming winters likely facilitating the poleward range expansion of tropical species.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lisbeth A. Hordley, Richard Fox, Andrew J. Suggitt, Nigel A. D. Bourn
Summary: Species' distributions are shifting polewards in response to climate change, with more evidence of range expansions in warm-adapted species than range retractions in cool-adapted species. In a study of 76 cool-adapted moths in Great Britain, it was found that the shifts in range centroids are oriented towards the north-west and are correlated with changes in total precipitation rather than average temperature. The study also revealed that areas with high temperature and low precipitation pose higher local extinction risk for species, which diminishes as precipitation increases.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Michael J. Osland, A. Randall Hughes, Anna R. Armitage, Steven B. Scyphers, Just Cebrian, Savannah H. Swinea, Christine C. Shepard, Micheal S. Allen, Laura C. Feher, James A. Nelson, Cherie L. O'Brien, Colt R. Sanspree, Delbert L. Smee, Caitlin M. Snyder, Andrew P. Stetter, Philip W. Stevens, Kathleen M. Swanson, Lauren H. Williams, Janell M. Brush, Joseph Marchionno, Remi Bardou
Summary: Climate change is causing mangrove expansion and displacement of salt marshes in the southeastern United States, which has significant implications for wetland ecosystem services and stability. The impacts of this change on carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, storm protection, and water purification need further research and consideration by coastal managers.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Natalia Beloto, Luiz C. Cotovicz Jr, Jose Vitor Machado Rodrigues, Maria Regina Gmach, Martin Zimmer, Veronique Helfer, Marcelo O. Soares, Luis Ernesto Arruda Bezerra
Summary: This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis of blue carbon stocks in Brazilian mangroves. The study found that the latitudinal position and site status significantly affect carbon stocks. Brazilian mangroves are a global blue carbon hotspot and an efficient nature-based solution for carbon dioxide removal.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Camila Rocca, Pedro Daleo, Jesus Nunez, Brian R. Silliman, Oscar Iribarne, Christine Angelini, Juan Alberti
Summary: This study found that an extreme climate event can intensify consumer control of salt marsh grass structure, resulting in the range contraction of critical coastal habitats. This supports the idea that future climate scenario models need to integrate the indirect effects on ecosystem-regulating food web interactions.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Hang Shi, Quan Zhou, Rui He, Quanfa Zhang, Haishan Dang
Summary: Altitudinal treelines are sensitive to climate change, and they have been responding to climate warming by increasing in elevation and stand density. However, the relationship between upward shift of treelines and tree densification is not well understood. Studies have shown heterogeneous results, with some treelines experiencing densification without significant upward shift, while others have shifted upward without noticeable densification. In this study, we quantified the difference between the rate of upward shift and the rate of tree densification within treelines worldwide and identified the global drivers. Our findings revealed that over 63% of the treelines globally exhibited a mismatch between upward shift and tree densification, primarily driven by temperature change. The rate of treeline shift tended to decrease compared to the rate of tree densification when accompanied by increasing warming. Therefore, our study highlights that climate warming has enlarged the mismatch between upward shift and tree densification, widening the lagging gap of global treeline shift relative to densification.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cheryl L. Doughty, J. Adam Langley, Wayne S. Walker, Ilka C. Feller, Ronald Schaub, Samantha K. Chapman
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
(2016)
Article
Microbiology
Allison Herman, Jacquelyn Serfecz, Alexandra Kinnally, Kathleen Crosby, Matthew Youngman, Dennis Wykoff, James W. Wilson
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Ecology
John Paul Kennedy, Lysel Garavelli, Nathan K. Truelove, Donna J. Devlin, Stephen J. Box, Laurent M. Cherubin, Ilka C. Feller
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christine L. Iosue, Nicholas Attanasio, Noor F. Sheik, Erin M. Neal, Sarah G. Leone, Brian J. Cali, Michael T. Peel, Amanda M. Grannas, Dennis D. Wykoff
Article
Ecology
Ilka C. Feller, Marilyn C. Ball, Joanne I. Ellis, Catherine E. Lovelock, Ruth Reef
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2017)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Ilka C. Feller, Daniel A. Friess, Ken W. Krauss, Roy R. Lewis
Article
Genetics & Heredity
John V. Nahas, Christine L. Iosue, Noor F. Shaik, Kathleen Selhorst, Bin Z. He, Dennis D. Wykoff
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2018)
Article
Plant Sciences
Glenn A. Coldren, J. Adam Langley, Ilka C. Feller, Samantha K. Chapman
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Christine L. Iosue, Anthony P. Gulotta, Kathleen B. Selhorst, Alison C. Mody, Kristin M. Barbour, Meredith J. Marcotte, Lilian N. Bui, Sarah G. Leone, Emma C. Lang, Genevieve H. Hughes, Dennis D. Wykoff
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
John Paul Kennedy, Richard F. Preziosi, Jennifer K. Rowntree, Ilka C. Feller
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
John Paul Kennedy, Emily M. Dangremond, Matthew A. Hayes, Richard F. Preziosi, Jennifer K. Rowntree, Ilka C. Feller
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jack H. Roireau, Robert J. Rosano, Nicholas C. Lazzara, Thomas Chen, Joanna Bajsa-Hirschel, Kevin K. Schrader, Stephen O. Duke, Dennis Wykoff, Robert M. Giuliano
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Alexander J. Forde, Ilka C. Feller, John D. Parker, Daniel S. Gruner
Summary: The top-down effects of predators and bottom-up effects of resources are crucial factors driving community structure and function. This study demonstrates the impacts of birds on arthropod densities and leaf and bud herbivory in a mangrove forest system, highlighting the importance of both top-down and bottom-up forces.
Article
Microbiology
Lilian N. Bui, Christine L. Iosue, Dennis D. Wykoff
Summary: Due to a whole-genome duplication, many yeast species related to C. glabrata have two copies of the well-characterized TUP1 gene, unlike most Saccharomyces species. This work identifies roles for the paralogs in C. glabrata, highlights the importance of the uncharacterized paralog, called TUP11, and suggests that the two paralogs have both overlapping and unique functions.
Article
Ecology
Ilka C. Feller, Uta Berger, Samantha K. Chapman, Emily M. Dangremond, Nicole G. Dix, J. Adam Langley, Catherine E. Lovelock, Todd Z. Osborne, Audrey C. Shor, Lorae T. Simpson
Summary: Low temperature stress is the primary factor determining the latitudinal limits of tropical plants. As the climate warms, tropical species are migrating poleward, displacing native species and modifying ecosystem structure and function. Nutrient subsidies and extreme events can modify the speed of transition from saltmarsh to mangrove, with fertilization experiments showing that nitrogen addition can increase resistance to freezing temperatures in Avicennia germinans and influence recovery, growth, and mangrove cover following freeze events.