Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity

Forister, Matthew L.; McCall, Andrew C.; Sanders, Nathan J.; Fordyce, James A.; Thorne, James H.; O’Brien, Joshua; Waetjen, David P.; Shapiro, Arthur M.

doi:10.1073/pnas.0909686107

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Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity

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Forister, Matthew L., McCall, Andrew C., Sanders, Nathan J., Fordyce, James A., Thorne, James H., O’Brien, Joshua, Waetjen, David P., Shapiro, Arthur M.·2010·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.0909686107PMC PMC2836664

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Climate change and habitat destruction have been linked to global declines in vertebrate biodiversity, including mammals, amphibians, birds, and fishes. However, invertebrates make up the vast majority of global species richness, and the combined effects of climate change and land use on invertebrates remain poorly understood. Here we present 35 years of data on 159 species of butterflies from 10 sites along an elevational gradient spanning 0–2,775 m in a biodiversity hotspot, the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. Species richness has declined at half of the sites, with the most severe reductions at the lowest elevations, where habitat destruction is greatest. At higher elevations, we observed clear upward shifts in the elevational ranges of species, consistent with the influence of global warming. Taken together, these long-term data reveal the interacting negative effects of human-induced changes on both the climate and habitat available to butterfly species in California. Furthermore, the decline of ruderal, disturbance-associated species indicates that the traditional focus of conservation efforts on more specialized and less dispersive species should be broadened to include entire faunas when estimating and predicting the effects of pervasive stressors.

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Authors: Forister, M. L., McCall, A. C., Sanders, N. J., Fordyce, J. A., Thorne, J. H., O’Brien, J., Waetjen, D. P., & Shapiro, A. M.
Affiliations: University of Nevada, Reno (US)
Denison University (US)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author: Forister, Matthew L.
ORCID: Forister, Matthew L.
McCall, Andrew C.
Sanders, Nathan J.
Fordyce, James A.
Thorne, James H.
Waetjen, David P.
Shapiro, Arthur M.
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2010-01-19
Volume: 107
Issue: 5
Pages: 2088-2092
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909686107
PMC: PMC2836664
OpenAlex: W2150988703
Cited by: 373
References: 33
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 26
FWCI: 12.49
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation (9306721, 0317483, 0614223)
U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐FG02‐, DEFG0208ER64510, FG02-08ER64510)
University of Nevada, Reno
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
Keywords: butterflies, climate change, habitat change, land use, species richness decline, altitudinal range shift, upward range shift, long-term biodiversity monitoring, Sierra Nevada Mountains, ruderal species, invertebrate conservation, elevation gradient
MeSH terms: Altitude, Animals, Butterflies, California, Conservation of Natural Resources, Humans, Population Dynamics, Species Specificity, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Climate Change

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