Response to Comment on "Genomic signals of selection predict climate-driven population declines in a migratory bird"

Rachael A Bay; Ryan J Harrigan; Wolfgang Buermann; Vinh Le Underwood; H Lisle Gibbs; Thomas B Smith; Kristen Ruegg

doi:10.1126/science.aat7956

Response to Comment on "Genomic signals of selection predict climate-driven population declines in a migratory bird"

Science. 2018 Aug 3;361(6401):eaat7279. doi: 10.1126/science.aat7956.

Authors

Rachael A Bay^{1

2}, Ryan J Harrigan³, Wolfgang Buermann^{3

4}, Vinh Le Underwood³, H Lisle Gibbs⁵, Thomas B Smith^{3

6}, Kristen Ruegg^{3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. rachaelbay@gmail.com.
² Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
³ Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁴ Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
⁵ Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology and Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
⁶ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁷ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

PMID: 30072513
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7956

Abstract

Fitzpatrick et al discuss issues that they had with analyses and interpretation in our recent manuscript on genomic correlates of climate in yellow warblers. We provide evidence that our findings would not change with different analysis and maintain that our study represents a promising direction for integrating the potential for climate adaptation as one of many tools in conservation management.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate Change*
Climate*
Genome
Genomics
Passeriformes