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A northward shift of range margins in British Odonata
Author(s) -
Hickling Rachael,
Roy David B.,
Hill Jane K.,
Thomas Chris D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00904.x
Subject(s) - odonata , range (aeronautics) , climate change , invertebrate , ecology , latitude , libellulidae , geography , biology , dragonfly , materials science , geodesy , composite material
Many species are predicted to shift their ranges to higher latitudes and altitudes in response to climate warming. This study presents evidence for 37 species of nonmigratory British dragonflies and damselflies shifting northwards at their range margins over the past 40 years, seemingly as a result of climate change. This response by an exemplar group of insects associated with fresh water, parallels polewards range changes observed in terrestrial invertebrates and other taxa.