Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection
Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We...
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| author | Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. |
| author_facet | Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. |
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| description | Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-514082018-12-13T09:31:46Z Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51408 10.1126/science.aag2773 51238 The American Association for the Advancement of Science restricted |
| spellingShingle | Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title | Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title_full | Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title_fullStr | Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title_short | Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| title_sort | precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
| url | 51238 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51408 |