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• Seki, Takeharu., Kenta, Tanaka., & Hirota, Mitsuru. (2026). A Bias-Robust Framework for Quantifying Community Responses to the Climate Change Using the Occurrence Data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70223

In Prep. (situation)

• A Global Synthesis of Thermophilization Research: Mapping Geographical, Taxonomic, and Conceptual Gaps (Submitted)

• Seasonal Asymmetry in Bird Community Thermophilization: Breeding Communities Track Warming Upward, Winter Communities Poleward (Submitted)

• Global-Scale Thermophilization of Tropical Plants: Evidence for Widespread Community Reorganization Dominated by Elevational Shifts (in prep.)

• Trait- and Direction-Based Rules Governing Community Responses to Climate Change in Birds, Plants, and Insects (in prep.)

• Global Thermophilization Map (in prep.)

Conferences

• Seki, T., Iijima, D., & Hirota, M. (2026, April 20–24). Thermophilization and trait-mediated range shifts in Japanese biota: A novel framework for occurrence data analysis. Species on the Move 2026, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. (peer-reviewed)

• Seki, T., Tanioka, Y., & Tanaka, K. (2020, August 3–6). Do forest communities experience thermophilization in Japan?—The utility and limitation of the CTI (Community Temperature Index). 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. (peer-reviewed)

• Seki, T., & Tanaka, K. (2019, December 10–13). Detecting range shifts in response to global warming by analyzing specimen data. 2019 BES Annual Meeting, Belfast, United Kingdom. (not peer-reviewed)