Package with its sister journals Journal of Biogeography, and DiversityĪnd Distributions (formerly Biodiversity Letters). Global Ecology and Biogeography is published as part of a single The ecological and biogeographical bases for conservationĮcological applications of remote sensing and GIS Material relating to historical, spatial, ecological, and applied biogeographyįor rapid publication, and particularly publishes articles on:Įcological and biogeographical responses to global environmental change Global Ecology and Biogeography publishes succinct, scientific This may lead to complex changes in ecosystems and needs to be considered in planning conservation strategies. A series of dry, hot summers could lead to a rapid change in the population of some species although others, including many plants, may be more resilient. Conclusions: Current climate change scenarios indicate that the incidence of droughts in the United Kingdom will increase. A similar number of carabid beetle species increased as decreased in the period 1994-96 decreasing species tended to be associated with lower temperatures and wetter soils. Among the butterflies, a southern distribution and high mobility were associated with species tending to increase throughout the period 1994-96, whereas declining species tended to have a northern distribution.

Most butterfly and moth species increased between 19. Results: There was an overall increase in the number of species recorded in permanent vegetation plots between 19, principally among the annual and biennial vascular plants, probably as a result of gap colonization in grasslands. Methods: Climate monitoring, recording of plant species in permanent plots, transect walking for butterflies, light trapping for moths and pitfall trapping for carabid beetles were used. Location: The study was conducted at Environmental Change Network (ECN) sites throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We tested whether population increases were associated with: (a) species of warm environments (b) species of dry environments (c) species with rapid reproduction (d) species with high rates of dispersal. Aim: We examined the effects of drought in the summer of 1995 and the subsequent year on contrasting species of plants, moths, butterflies and ground beetles.

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