Evolutionary Adaptation to Climate Change | EcolClips

EcolClips by Dr. Julian Schrader (Interviewer; Lecturer at Macquarie University) and Dr. Cornelia Sattler (Video production). In EcolClips we document and explain ecological theories, landmark experiments and classic ecology themes by scientists in all ecological disciplines. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Species need to adapt to environmental stresses in order to survive and reproduce. Some species can adapt to new situations surprisingly fast, such as certain herbivores of crop species to pesticides. Other species have less potential to evolve resistance, such as many threatened species to a warming climate. Professor Dr. Ary Hoffmann from the University of Melbourne is investigating how stressful events influence evolutionary rates and how species adapt to changing conditions. Ary explains to us the mechanisms behind rapid evolutionary changes and shares his perspective on the effect of global warming on our natural world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further information: Hoffmann, A. A. Hallas, R. Deans, J. Schiffer, M. (2003). Low potential for climatic stress adaptation in a rainforest Drosophila species. Science 301: 100-102. Hoffmann, A. A. Willi, Y. (2008) Detecting genetic responses to environmental change. Nature Reviews Genetics 9:421-432 Hoffmann, A.A. Sgrò, C.M. (2011). Climate change and evolutionary adaptation. Nature 470: 479-485 Hoffmann, Ary A., White, Vanessa L Jasper, Moshe, Yagui, Hiromi, Sinclair, Steve J., Kearney, Michael R. (2021) An endangered flightless grasshopper with strong genetic structure maintains population genetic variation despite extensive habitat loss. Ecology and Evolution 11: 5364-5380. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #climatechange #ecology #evolution