DOI: 10.5061/dryad.202q41h
title: Data from: Contemporary climate-driven range shifts: putting evolution back on the table

description: As the climate continues to change, species are moving to track their
 historical niches. Although we are gaining a clearer picture of where and
 how quickly species ranges are moving, a mechanistic understanding of
 these changes is still nascent. Evolutionary changes in ranges and
 range-limiting traits over contemporary timescales has received relatively
 little attention, possibly due to the mismatch in scale between rapid
 contemporary range shifts and the historical evolution of species ranges
 over millions of years. But recent experimental work has shown that
 range-limiting traits can evolve rapidly over decadal timescales,
 effectively putting evolution back on the table towards the goal of a
 mechanistic understanding of contemporary range shifts. Here I review the
 role of evolution in shaping range shift responses to recent climate
 change from the perspective of the past (shared evolutionary history, or
 phylogenetic signal in range shifts and range-limiting traits), present
 (variation in range-limiting traits), and future (incorporating evolution
 of range-limiting traits into range forecasts from species distribution
 models). In each of these areas, I found a critical role for evolution in
 understanding historical constraints and future changes in species ranges
 over contemporary timescales: shared evolutionary history may constrain
 range shift responses for some taxa; compensatory mechanisms of phenotypic
 plasticity and adaptive evolution can modulate the range shift response;
 and incorporating evolution into species distribution models can
 qualitatively alter forecasts of future range shifts. Yet, more can be
 done in this context, and so I conclude by outlining near- and long-term
 goals for improving our understanding of the role of evolution in shaping
 species ranges in a rapidly changing world.
description: Phylogenetic signal of
 contemporary range shiftsStudy = the source of
 data from which phylogenetic signal of contemporary range shifts was
 computed (see the supplementary table reference list for complete citation
 information); Taxonomic group = the major taxonomic group from which the
 estimates of phylogenetic signal were obtained (birds, odonates, mammals,
 fish, bumblebees, and plants); Lambda = Pagel's lambda, an estimate
 of phylogenetic signal; Kappa = Blomberg's kappa, an estimate of
 phylogenetic signalRangeShiftPhylogeneticSignal.csvThermal tolerance plasticity and contemporary range shiftsFamily, Genus, and Species describe the taxonomic affiliation of each species in the dataset. Range shift describes the range shift response, standardized as km/decade. Range location describes whether the range shift response was assessed at the leading range edge, the center of the range or the trailing range edge for each individual species. ARR (acclimation response ratio) describes the plasticity in the upper thermal tolerance response. Study describes the source of the range shift response data; see the supplementary material reference list for complete citation information.RangeShiftThermalTolerancePlasticity.csv