Extreme events drive rapid and dynamic range fluctuations School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, FL, Gainesville, United States; Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, CT, New Haven, United States.
Conservation Ecology Group, Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.
School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Victoria, Canada.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology.
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Studio Sophie Falkeis, Vienna, Austria.
Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, CA, Santa Cruz, United States.
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, FL, Gainesville, United States.
UMR CNRS 7058 'Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés' (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
Environmental Studies Department, University of California, CA, Santa Cruz, United States.
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz, United States.
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
US Fish and Wildlife Service, FL, Tallahassee, United States.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, CA, Los Angeles, United States.
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida, FL, Gainesville, United States.
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2025 (English) In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, ISSN 0169-5347, E-ISSN 1872-8383, Vol. 40, no 9, p. 862-873Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Climate change is altering species’ distributions globally. Increasing frequency of extreme weather and climate events (EWCEs) is one of the hallmarks of climate change. Despite species redistribution being widely studied in response to long-term climatic trends, the contribution of EWCEs to range shifts is not well understood. We outline how EWCEs can trigger rapid and unexpected range boundary fluctuations by impacting dispersal, establishment, and survival. Whether these mechanisms cause temporary or persistent range shifts depends on the spatiotemporal context and exposure to EWCEs. Using the increasing availability of data and statistical tools to examine EWCE impacts at fine spatiotemporal resolutions on species redistribution will be critical for informing conservation management of ecologically, economically, and culturally important species.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Elsevier, 2025. Vol. 40, no 9, p. 862-873
Keywords [en]
dispersal, extreme weather and climate events, range contraction, range expansion, range shifts
National Category
Ecology Evolutionary Biology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-242350 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.06.009 ISI: 001569950200010 PubMedID: 40681396 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010959978 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-242350 DiVA, id: diva2:1985613
2025-07-252025-07-252025-09-24 Bibliographically approved