Parratt, SR, Walsh, BS, Metelmann, S et al. (6 more authors) (2021) Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures. Nature Climate Change, 11 (6). pp. 481-484. ISSN 1758-678X
Abstract
Attempts to link physiological thermal tolerance to global species distributions have relied on lethal temperature limits, yet many organisms lose fertility at sublethal temperatures. Here we show that, across 43 Drosophila species, global distributions better match male-sterilizing temperatures than lethal temperatures. This suggests that species distributions may be determined by thermal limits to reproduction, not survival, meaning we may be underestimating the impacts of climate change for many organisms.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. This is an author produced version of an article published in Nature Climate Change. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2021 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2022 09:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41558-021-01047-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174774 |