Historical context provides a baseline for understanding #SpeciesResponses to contemporary #ClimateChange

Accounting for intraspecific lineages makes #ClimateChange vulnerability assessments more ecologically realistic

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Looking into the future, we find that the Asian lineage is at higher risk of #RangeContraction, increased #MigrationDistance, #ClimateMaladaptation, and consequently greater #ExtinctionRisk than the European lineage

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Past climatic fluctuations shaped the #DemographicHistory, #EvolutionaryDivergence, and #HistoricalDistribution of the species

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We uncover two #Evolutionarily and #Ecologically distinct lineages of #LesserKestrel (Western and Eastern)

Differences in #ClimaticNiche #HabitatUse #MigratoryPathways

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#LesserKestrels are #MigratoryBirds of prey that breed in open drylands throughout Eurasia and move to sub-Saharan Africa during the non-breeding season

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🚨 New paper alert 🚨

🪶 Evolutionarily distinct lineages of a migratory bird of prey show divergent responses to climate change 🪶

👉 rdcu.be/ehvAA

#LesserKestrel #ornithology #ClimateChange #Conservation

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