The Semi‐Natural Climate Chambers across Latitudes: A Broadly Applicable Husbandry and Experimental System for Terrestrial Ectotherms under Climate Change

作者：Bao‐Jun Sun, Hong‐Liang Lu, Kun‐Ming Cheng, Wanli Liu, Xingzhi Han, Luo‐Xin Cui, Xinghan Li, Shu‐Ran Li, Xin Hao, Li Fan, Dan‐Yang Wu, Teng Li, Yongpu Zhang, Jichao Wang, Peng Liu, Wei‐Guo Du · 发表于：Advanced Science · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1002/advs.202414185 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Species Distribution and Climate Change、Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior、Physiological and biochemical adaptations

With limited resources and efforts, assessing species' vulnerabilities across various geographic regions before the conservation practice is essential for biodiversity conservation in the context of climate change. One pressing challenge has been establishing natural temperature-manipulated research systems across latitudes. To address this challenge, an innovative infrastructure is developed named the semi-natural climate chambers across latitudes (SCCAL), consisting of semi-natural climate chambers at three latitudes, spanning 27° and 3393 km from tropical to temperate regions. Each latitude features eight medium-sized patches for temperature manipulation, organisms rearing, and ecological experiments. Independent of external water and electricity supplies, the SCCAL allows to simulate thermal environments under different climate change scenarios with natural soil moisture. Ecological experiments with Grass lizards successfully are conducted, demonstrating that the SCCAL effectively supports species rearing, responses determining, and the vulnerability assessing. The widespread adoption or development of similar infrastructures is encouraged, which can facilitate the assessment of latitudinal animal vulnerabilities under climate change.