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Digest: Gene flow timing uncovers a cloud forest downslope shift in warmer times *
Author(s) -
ArenasCastro Henry,
ValenciaMontoya Wendy A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.14150
Subject(s) - biology , gene flow , cloud computing , ecology , gene , genetic variation , computer science , biochemistry , operating system
Are the distributions of mountain species shifting up or downslope under climate change? Contrary to the long‐held view of global warming forcing an upslope shift of montane ecosystems, Salces‐Castellano et al. found that populations of a beetle tightly associated to cloud forests were isolated through the ice ages but in contact during interglacial periods, suggesting downslope shifts of cloud forest when temperature increases.