This study shows that climate change can potentially alter gene flow and reproductive isolation within and among populations, strongly influencing evolution.doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00073.xSteven J. FranksDepartment of Biological Sciences, Larkin Hall, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USAArthur E. ...
Climate change, the periodic modification of Earth’s climate caused by atmospheric changes and the atmosphere’s interactions with geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors. Loosely defined, climate is the average weather at a distinct plac
Therefore, taking wheat production in the Gansu Province of China as an example, the dynamic evolution characteristics and influencing factors of risk are examined. The results are as follows: 1) At the municipal level, Pingliang and Qingyang have much greater yield reduction rates, average ...
thereby affecting radiative forcing and climate. Therefore, understanding the long-term natural evolution of iodine, and its coupling with climate variability, is key to adequately assess its effect on climate on centennial to millennial timescales. Here, using...
Earth’s surface (e.g.,desertsexist in arid regions,forestsin humid regions), but vegetation in turn influences climate by reflecting radiantenergyback into the atmosphere, transferringwater(andlatent heat) fromsoilto the atmosphere, and influencing the horizontal movement ofairacross the land ...
49. Here we discovered that warming could also promote the evolution of resistance to pesticides. These results demonstrate that climate change can result in indirect evolutionary changes, i.e. changes in traits that are not directly linked to changes in climatic conditions. Although the exact ...
"Theδ18Ovalues of the 20th century are comparable to the medieval period but are lower than that about AD 1420. …. The solar activity and internal Arctic climate dynamics are likely the main factors influencing the temperature in northern Greenland." ...
The spatiotemporal evolution of vegetation and its influencing factors can be used to explore the relationships among vegetation, climate change, and human activities, which are of great importance for guiding scientific management of regional ecological environments. In recent years, remote sensing techno...
Climate change impactsocean and coastal life with profound effects on marine ecosystems and associated human societies. Changes in physical and chemical parameters are influencing biological processes on all levels of organization, altering food web structure and ecosystem dynamics, which in turn has far...
A small number of study areas in the Pacific Northwest did not fit into this classification. There was not enough replication to consider it as its own category so these sites were treated as an ‘Other’ category and not reported in results related to the factors influencing climate ...