Reimagining species on the move across space and time



Fredston, Alexa L, Tingley, Morgan W, Neate-Clegg, Montague HC, Evans, Luke J, Antao, Laura H, Ban, Natalie C, Chen, I-Ching, Chen, Yi-Wen, Comte, Lise, Edwards, David P
et al (show 18 more authors) (2025) Reimagining species on the move across space and time TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 40 (7). pp. 629-638. ISSN 0169-5347, 1872-8383

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Abstract

Climate change is already leaving a broad footprint of impacts on biodiversity, from an individual caterpillar emerging earlier in spring to dominant plant communities migrating poleward. Despite the various modes of how species are on the move, we primarily document shifting species along only one gradient (e.g., latitude or phenology) and along one dimension (space or time). In this opinion article we present a unifying framework for integrating the study of species on the move over space and time and from micro to macro scales. Future conservation planning and natural resource management will depend on our ability to use this framework to improve understanding, attribution, and prediction of species on the move.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Animals, Plants, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Climate Change
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering
Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 May 2025 09:57
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 12:08
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.015
Open Access URL: https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/full...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3192732
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