Bioclimatic transect networks: Powerful observatories of ecological change

被引：22

作者：

Caddy-Retalic, Stefan ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Andersen, Alan N. ^{[1
,4
]}

Aspinwall, Michael J. ^{[1
,5
]}

Breed, Martin F. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Byrne, Margaret ^{[1
,6
]}

Christmas, Matthew J. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Dong, Ning ^{[7
,8
]}

Evans, Bradley J. ^{[8
,9
]}

Fordham, Damien A. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Guerin, Greg R. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Hoffmann, Ary A. ^{[1
,10
]}

Hughes, Alice C. ^{[11
]}

van Leeuwen, Stephen J. ^{[1
,6
]}

McInerney, Francesca A. ^{[12
,13
]}

Prober, Suzanne M. ^{[1
,13
,14
]}

Rossetto, Maurizio ^{[1
,15
]}

Rymer, Paul D. ^{[1
,5
]}

Steane, Dorothy A. ^{[1
,13
,14
,16
,17
]}

Wardle, Glenda M. ^{[9
,18
]}

Lowe, Andrew J. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] TERN, Australian Transect Network, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[2] Univ Adelaide, Sch Biol Sci, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[3] Univ Adelaide, Environm Inst, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[4] Charles Darwin Univ, Darwin, NT, Australia

[5] Western Sydney Univ, Hawkesbury Inst Environm, Parramatta, NSW, Australia

[6] Western Australian Dept Pk & Wildlife, Sci & Conservat Div, Kensington, WA, Australia

[7] Macquarie Univ, Dept Biol Sci, N Ryde, NSW, Australia

[8] TERN, Ecosyst Modelling & Scaling Infrastruct, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[9] Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[10] Univ Melbourne, Inst Bio21, Sch BioSci, Parkville, Vic, Australia

[11] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla, Yunnan, Peoples R China

[12] Univ Adelaide, Sprigg Geobiol Ctr, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[13] Univ Adelaide, Sch Phys Sci, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[14] CSIRO Land & Water, Wembley, WA, Australia

[15] Royal Bot Gardens & Domain Trust, Natl Herbarium NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[16] Univ Tasmania, Sch Biol Sci, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tas, Australia

[17] Univ Sunshine Coast, Fac Sci Hlth Educ & Engn, Maroochydore, Qld, Australia

[18] TERN, Long Term Ecol Res Network, Adelaide, SA, Australia

来源：

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION | 2017年 / 7卷 / 13期

关键词：

change detection; community turnover; ecological forecasting; environmental gradients; spatial analogues; transect replication; CLIMATE-CHANGE; DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; ADAPTATION; GRADIENT; PLASTICITY; ARIDITY; EVOLUTION; RESPONSES; SELECTION;

D O I：

10.1002/ece3.2995

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Transects that traverse substantial climate gradients are important tools for climate change research and allow questions on the extent to which phenotypic variation associates with climate, the link between climate and species distributions, and variation in sensitivity to climate change among biomes to be addressed. However, the potential limitations of individual transect studies have recently been highlighted. Here, we argue that replicating and networking transects, along with the introduction of experimental treatments, addresses these concerns. Transect networks provide cost-effective and robust insights into ecological and evolutionary adaptation and improve forecasting of ecosystem change. We draw on the experience and research facilitated by the Australian Transect Network to demonstrate our case, with examples, to clarify how population- and community-level studies can be integrated with observations from multiple transects, manipulative experiments, genomics, and ecological modeling to gain novel insights into how species and systems respond to climate change. This integration can provide a spatiotemporal understanding of past and future climate-induced changes, which will inform effective management actions for promoting biodiversity resilience.

引用

页码：4607 / 4619

页数：13

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