Lowland biotic attrition revisited: Body size and variation among climate change ‘winners’ and ‘losers’

• Main Authors: Brodie, Jedediah F., Strimas-Mackey, Matthew, Jayasilan, Mohd. Azlan, Granados, Alys, Bernard, Henry, Giordano, Anthony J., Helmy, Olga E.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society 2017
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15422/1/Lowland-biotic-attrition-revisited-Body-size-and-variation-among-climate-change-%E2%80%98winners%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98losers%E2%80%99_2017_Proceedings-of-the-Royal-Society-B-Biological-Sciences.html; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15422/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011101347&doi=10.1098%2frspb.2016.2335&partnerID=40&md5=d545414f417899f71a9c80473205bfd3

The responses of lowland tropical communities to climate change will critically influence global biodiversity but remain poorly understood. If species in these systems are unable to toleratewarming, the communities—currently the most diverse on Earth—may become depauperate (‘biotic attrition’). In r...