Data from: Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection

• Main Authors: Siepielski, Adam, Morrissey, Michael B., Buoro, Mathieu, Carlson, Stephanie M., Caruso, Christina M., Clegg, Sonya M., Coulson, Tim, DiBattista, Joseph, Gotanda, Kiyoko M., Francis, Clinton D., Hereford, Joe, Kingsolver, Joel G., Augustine, Kate E., Kruuk, Loeske E. B., Martin, Ryan A., Sheldon, Ben C., Sletvold, Nina, Svensson, Erik I., Wade, Michael J., MacColl, Andrew D. C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Anthropocene; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.52650

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation—natural selection—are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale. Database S1 - Database of selection coefficients Database of selection coefficients and associated trait, fitness, and location information. The first two columns describe the columns in the data set. Database S1.csv Database S2 - Database of climatic factors. Database of climatic factors. The first two columns describe the columns in the data set. Database S2.csv Funding provided by: National Science Foundation Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Award Number: EF-0905606 DEB-1620046