MAY 6, 2019
New research
led by the University of Southampton has shown that the threat of range losses
for some species as a result of climate change could be overestimated because
of the ability of certain animals to adapt to rising temperatures and aridity.
The researchers have now developed a new approach to more accurately determine
vulnerability, which could aid conservation efforts by ensuring they are focussed
on species most at risk. Their findings have been published today in the
scientific journal PNAS.
Current
methods for assessing vulnerability ignore the potential for some animal populations to
adapt genetically to their changing environment, meaning they are able to
survive in warming temperatures and drier conditions better than other
populations within the same species.
The
international team was led by Dr. Orly Razgour, lecturer in Ecology at the
University of Southampton, and studied the genomic data of two species of bats native to the Mediterranean,
an area which is particularly affected by rising global temperatures.
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