No leading‐edge effect in North Atlantic harbor porpoises: Evolutionary and conservation implications

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Ben Chehida, Yacine, Loughnane, Roisin, Thumloup, Julie, Kaschner, Kristin, Garilao, Cristina, Rosel, Patricia E., Fontaine, Michael C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Greenland; Freed; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52377/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52377/1/Ben_Chehida_Garilao_2021.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13227

Understanding species responses to past environmental changes can help forecast how they will cope with ongoing climate changes. Harbor porpoises are widely distributed in the North Atlantic and were deeply impacted by the Pleistocene changes with the split of three subspecies. Despite major impacts...