超越单一性状预测恒温动物对气候变暖的响应

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2. 摘要

Global climatic warming is having profound effects on the ecology of species and acts as a major driver of phenotypic change. Endotherms in warm climates, such as at low latitudes, have morphological, physiological and behavioural characteristics that help to mitigate overheating in hot weather, resulting in observable geographic clines in these traits. These characteristics are increasingly used to infer phenotypic change in animals under climatic warming. In testing such inferences, many studies focus on variation in single traits. However, morphology, physiology and behaviour are interconnected, potentially influencing the way each trait responds to climate. Consequently, single-trait studies might appear inconsistent across populations or species, with some reacting strongly in certain traits, and others being unaffected or even showing counter-intuitive responses. In this Perspective, we establish current understanding about morphological, physiological and behavioural responses of species to higher temperatures and outline how future research could integrate multifaceted approaches to holistically evaluate the impacts of climatic warming on species phenotypes. This integration will enable better assessment of responses and selection pressures and help to inform effective conservation of species in a warming world. Species have morphological, physiological and behavioural responses to temperature, which are typically used in isolation to infer phenotypic change under climate warming. In this Perspective, Symonds and colleagues argue for a multi-trait, integrative approach to better inform understanding of phenotypic changes in response to climatic warming.

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@article{symonds2026,
  author = {Matthew R. E. Symonds and Joshua K. R. Tabh and Andreas Nord and Marcel Klaassen and Glenn J. Tattersall and Sara Ryding},
  title = {Moving beyond single traits to predict endotherms’ responses to climatic warming},
  journal = {Nature Reviews Biodiversity},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1038/s44358-026-00195-5},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
}