Sentences with phrase «climate niche»

Animals and plants also agree — in that they are moving their ranges by latitude and altitude to find climate niches similar to the ones in which they evolved.

The research results showed that although the two sub-species occupy different climate niches in their respective recession zones, they have kept their environmental niches throughout their evolution.

Vetaas, O. R. Realized and potential climate niches: a comparison of four Rhododendron tree species.

These areas grow Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and other fairly cool - weather varieties that thrive within specific climate niches, and turn out exceptionally after an early harvest.

Thanks to the historical data (1930 - 2000) shared by the FAO Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS - FAO), a joint INRA / CIRAD team was able to study the climate niche and distribution of the species during recessions, and envisage the effects of possible climate changes between now and 2050 or 2090, in line with two future climate scenarios.

They found that by 2040 the climate niche the species grow in would decline anywhere between a minimum of 17 % and a maximum of 100 %.

Compared to temperature increases without geoengineering, rapid climate warming from a sudden termination would require species to shift their distributions almost three times as fast to remain in their climate niches.