title: Hybrid zones: windows on climate change.
abstract: Defining the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on biodiversity and species distributions is currently a high priority. Niche models focus primarily on predicted changes in abiotic factors; however, species interactions and adaptive evolution will impact the ability of species to persist in the face of changing climate. Our review focuses on the use of hybrid zones to monitor responses of species to contemporary climate change. Monitoring hybrid zones provides insight into how range boundaries shift in response to climate change by illuminating the combined effects of species interactions and physiological sensitivity. At the same time, the semipermeable nature of species boundaries allows us to document adaptive introgression of alleles associated with response to climate change.
authors.affiliation: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: sat235@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D057231:Climate Change; D017753:Ecosystem; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D063148:Plant Dispersal; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: adaptive introgression; distribution; gene flow; hybridization; range limits