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Ecological responses to recent climate change

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  • Gian-Reto Walther

    (Institute of Geobotany, University of Hannover)

  • Eric Post

    (The Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab)

  • Peter Convey

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross)

  • Annette Menzel

    (Technical University Munich)

  • Camille Parmesan

    (Integrative Biology, Patterson Labs 141, University of Texas)

  • Trevor J. C. Beebee

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex)

  • Jean-Marc Fromentin

    (IFREMER, Centre Halieutique Méditerranéen et Tropical)

  • Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

    (Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland)

  • Franz Bairlein

    (Institute for Avian Research ‘Vogelwarte Helgoland’)

Abstract

There is now ample evidence of the ecological impacts of recent climate change, from polar terrestrial to tropical marine environments. The responses of both flora and fauna span an array of ecosystems and organizational hierarchies, from the species to the community levels. Despite continued uncertainty as to community and ecosystem trajectories under global change, our review exposes a coherent pattern of ecological change across systems. Although we are only at an early stage in the projected trends of global warming, ecological responses to recent climate change are already clearly visible.

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  • Gian-Reto Walther & Eric Post & Peter Convey & Annette Menzel & Camille Parmesan & Trevor J. C. Beebee & Jean-Marc Fromentin & Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Franz Bairlein, 2002. "Ecological responses to recent climate change," Nature, Nature, vol. 416(6879), pages 389-395, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:416:y:2002:i:6879:d:10.1038_416389a
    DOI: 10.1038/416389a
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