Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating theadaptive capacity of species to climate change
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Thurman, Lindsey L.
Stein, Bruce
Beever, Erik A.
Foden, Wendy
Geange, Sonya
Green, Nancy
Gross, John
Lawrence, David J.
LeDee, Olivia
Olden, Julian D.
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Ecological Society of America
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Assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change serves as the basis for climate-adaptation planning and climate-smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity (AC). AC is a species’ ability to copewith or adjust to changing climatic conditions, and is the least understood and most inconsistently applied of these three factors.We propose an attribute-based framework for evaluating the AC of species, identifying two general classes of adaptive responses:“persist in place” and “shift in space”. Persist-in-place attributes enable species to survive in situ, whereas the shift-in-spaceresponse emphasizes attributes that facilitate tracking of suitable bioclimatic conditions. We provide guidance for assessing ACattributes and demonstrate the framework’s application for species with disparate life histories. Results illustrate the broad utilityof this generalized framework for informing adaptation planning and guiding species conservation in a rapidly changing climate.
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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
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