FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Dietary generalism accelerates arrival and persistence of coral‐reef fishes in their novel ranges under climate change BT AF Monaco, Cristian Bradshaw, Corey J.A. Booth, David J. Gillanders, Bronwyn M. Schoeman, David S. Nagelkerken, Ivan AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:1;5:5,6;6:1; FF 1:PDG-RBE-RMPF;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; C1 Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute DX 650 418, The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005, Australia IFREMER, IRD Institut Louis‐Malardé, Univ Polynésie française, EIO F‐98719 Taravao Tahiti, Polynésie française, France Global Ecology College of Science and Engineering Flinders University, Australia School of Life Sciences University of Technology Sydney, Australia Global‐Change Ecology Research Group School of Science and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast ,Australia Centre for African Conservation Ecology Department of Zoology Nelson Mandela University ,Australia C2 UNIV ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV FLINDERS, AUSTRALIA UNIV SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA UNIV SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA UNIV NELSON MANDELA, AUSTRALIA SI TAHITI SE PDG-RBE-RMPF UM EIO IN WOS Ifremer UMR copubli-int-hors-europe IF 10.863 TC 24 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00633/74470/74301.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;climate change;coral reefs;functional traits;generalist;marine fishes;range shifts;temperate ecosystems AB Climate change is redistributing marine and terrestrial species globally. Life‐history traits mediate the ability of species to cope with novel environmental conditions, and can be used to gauge the potential redistribution of taxa facing the challenges of a changing climate. However, it is unclear whether the same traits are important across different stages of range shifts (arrival, population increase, persistence). To test which life‐history traits most mediate the process of range extension, we used a 16‐year dataset of 35 range‐extending coral‐reef fish species and quantified the importance of various traits on the arrival time (earliness) and degree of persistence (prevalence and patchiness) at higher latitudes. We show that traits predisposing species to shift their range more rapidly (large body size, broad latitudinal range, long dispersal duration) did not drive the early stages of redistribution. Instead, we found that as diet breadth increased, the initial arrival and establishment (prevalence and patchiness) of climate migrant species in temperate locations occurred earlier. While the initial incursion of range‐shifting species depends on traits associated with dispersal potential, subsequent establishment hinges more on a species’ ability to exploit novel food resources locally. These results highlight that generalist species that can best adapt to novel food sources might be most successful in a future ocean. PY 2020 PD OCT SO Global Change Biology SN 1354-1013 PU Wiley VL 26 IS 10 UT 000551562200001 BP 5564 EP 5573 DI 10.1111/gcb.15221 ID 74470 ER EF