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Moving farther and faster

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The distributions of terrestrial organisms are shifting in response to climate change. Research shows that these changes are happening at a much faster rate than previously estimated.

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Figure 1: The southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, is a serious agricultural pest in the United States and Mexico.

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  1. Kimberly S. Sheldon and Ailene K. Ettinger are in the Department of Biology, Joshua J. Tewksbury, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA,

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Tewksbury, J., Sheldon, K. & Ettinger, A. Moving farther and faster. Nature Clim Change 1, 396–397 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1266

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