Will animals adapt to climate change? Evolution Question #12
Here I go over data explaining what we can expect to happen to various animal populations as temperatures continue changing around the world. Will they adapt? Is evolution a fast enough process to keep things interesting? What populations are at the most risk?
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
Overview of migrations likely due to climate change: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Series of papers on observed instances of phenotypic plasticity and bonafide genetic evolution linked to climate change: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1...
Butterfly pushed out of habitat due to a variety of factors including climate change: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://complete.bioone.org/journals/...
Butterfly changing host plant after history of single species diet: https://complete.bioone.org/journals/...
National Geographic story on first mammal extinction overwhelmingly linked to climate change: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...