{"id":905,"date":"2021-10-15T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/?p=905"},"modified":"2021-11-28T16:43:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:43:04","slug":"review-paper-on-assessing-of-niche-shfits-in-introduced-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/2021\/10\/review-paper-on-assessing-of-niche-shfits-in-introduced-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Review paper on assessing of niche shfits in introduced species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/lab-members\/olivia-bates\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"293\">Olivia<\/a> who published her second first-author paper  with <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/lab-members\/prof-cleo-bertelsmeier\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"323\">Cleo<\/a>, entitled  &#8216;Climatic niche shifts in introduced species&#8217; in Current Biology! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To date, 135 studies have tested this assumption of \u2018niche conservatism\u2019, yielding contradictory results. Here we revisit this literature, consider the evidence for niche shifts, critically assess the methods used, and discuss the authors\u2019 interpretations of niche shifts. We find that the true frequency of niche shifts remains unknown because of diverging interpretations of similar metrics, conceptual issues biasing conclusions towards niche conservatism, and the use of climatic data that may not be biologically meaningful. We argue that these issues could be largely addressed by focussing on trends or relative degrees of niche change instead of dichotomous classifications (shift versus no shift), consistently and transparently including non-analogous climates, and conducting experimental studies on mismatches between macroclimates and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/agricultural-and-biological-sciences\/microclimate\">microclimates<\/a>\u00a0experienced by the study organism. Furthermore, an observed niche shift may result either from species filling a greater part of their fundamental niche during the invasion (a \u2018realised niche shift\u2019) or from rapid evolution of traits adapting species to novel climates in the introduced range (a \u2018fundamental niche shift\u2019). Currently, there is no conclusive evidence distinguishing between these potential mechanisms of niche shifts. We outline how these questions may be addressed by combining computational analyses and experimental evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>see: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2021.08.035\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2021.08.035<\/a> for the full paper! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Olivia who published her second first-author paper with Cleo, entitled &#8216;Climatic niche shifts in introduced species&#8217; in Current Biology! Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To date, 135 studies have tested this assumption of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002053,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news-and-press"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}