Wu, Chung-Huey, Holloway, Jeremy D., Hill, Jane Katharine orcid.org/0000-0003-1871-7715 et al. (3 more authors) (2019) Reduced body sizes in climate-impacted tropical insect assemblages are primarily explained by range shifts. Nature Communications. 4612 (2019). ISSN 2041-1723
Abstract
Both community composition changes due to species redistribution and within-species size shifts may alter body size structures under climate warming. Here we assess the relative contribution of these processes in community-level body size changes in tropical moth assemblages that moved uphill during a period of warming. Based on resurvey data for seven assemblages (>8000 individuals) on Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo in 1965 and 2007, we show significant wing-length reduction (mean shrinkage of 1.3% per species). Range shifts explain most size re-structuring, due to uphill shifts of relatively small species, especially at high elevations. Overall, mean forewing length shrank by ca. 5%, much of which accounted for by species range boundary shifts (3.9%), followed by within-boundary distribution changes (0.5%), and within-species size shrinkage (0.6%). We conclude that the effects of range shifting predominate, but considering species physiological responses is also important for understanding community size reorganization under climate warming.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2019 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 16:02 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12655-y |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41467-019-12655-y |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151028 |