Schleuning, M.; Neuschulz, E.; Albrecht, J.; Bender, I.M.; Bowler, D.; Dehling, D.; Fritz, S.; Hof, C.; Mueller, T.; Nowak, L.; Sorensen, M.; Boehning-Gaese, K. & Kissling, W. (2020): <b>Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species</b>. <i>Trends in Ecology and Evolution</i> <b>xxx-xxx</b>, xxx-xxx.
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Title:
Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species
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2020-02-01
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Matthias Schleuning
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matthias.schleuning <at> senckenberg.de
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Eike-Lena Neuschulz
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elneuschulz <at> senckenberg.de
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J Albrecht
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Irene MA Bender
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DE Bowler
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DM Dehling
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SA Fritz
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Christian Hof
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Thomas Mueller
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L Nowak
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MC Sorensen
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Katrin Boehning-Gaese
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katrin.boehning-gaese <at> senckenberg.de
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WD Kissling
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Abstract:
Plant–animal interactions are fundamentally important in ecosystems, but have often been ignored by studies of climate-change impacts on biodiversity. Here, we present a trait-based framework for predicting the responses of interacting plants and animals to climate change. We distinguish three pathways along which climate change can impact interacting species in ecological communities: (i) spatial and temporal mismatches in the occurrence and abundance of species, (ii) the formation of novel interactions and secondary extinctions, and (iii) alterations of the dispersal ability of plants. These pathways are mediated by three kinds of functional traits: response traits, matching traits, and dispersal traits. We propose that incorporating these traits into predictive models will improve assessments of the responses of interacting species to climate change.
