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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 25, Issue 10, Pages 583-591Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.07.006
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- NERC [NE/G010730/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/G010730/1, NE/C510667/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Fossil records are replete with examples of long-term biotic responses to past climate change. One particularly useful set of records are those preserved in lake and marine sediments, recording both climate changes and corresponding biotic responses. Recently there has been increasing focus on the need for conservation of ecological and evolutionary processes in the face of climate change. We review key areas where palaeoecological archives contribute to this conservation goal, namely: (i) determination of rates and nature of biodiversity response to climate change; (ii) climate processes responsible for ecological thresholds; (iii) identification of ecological resilience to climate change; and (iv) management of novel ecosystems. We stress the importance of long-term palaeoecological data in fully understanding contemporary and future biotic responses.
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