The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards |
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Authors: | RACHAEL HICKLING &dagger ,DAVID B. ROY,JANE K. HILL&dagger ,RICHARD FOX&Dagger , CHRIS D. THOMAS&dagger |
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Affiliation: | NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology: Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 2LS, UK,;Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK,;Butterfly Conservation, Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP, UK |
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Abstract: | Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming. However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small selection of taxa (i.e., plants, birds and butterflies), which may not be representative of biodiversity as a whole. Using data from less well‐studied groups, we show that a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate species have moved northwards and uphill in Britain over approximately 25 years, mirroring, and in some cases exceeding, the responses of better‐known groups. |
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Keywords: | climate change distributions range shifts |
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