Acclimation to environmental pressures and climate change via phenotypic plasticity  enables species to undergo niche shifts such that their present-day climatic niche is altered to incorporate new or shifted conditions . Although plasticity provides an adaptive mechanism, it is unlikely to provide a long-term solution for species undergoing sustained directional environmental change   . Beyond the limits for plastic responses , genetic adjustments are required to persist in a changing world . The ability of species and populations to undergo these adjustments  depends on extrinsic factors including the rate and magnitude of environmental change (important determinants of the strength and form of selection; Hoffmann and Sgrò, 2011;
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