The Journal of animal ecology, 2009, Vol.78 (1), p.1-3
2009
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Global warming tugs at trophic interactions
- Ist Teil von
- The Journal of animal ecology, 2009, Vol.78 (1), p.1-3
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford, UK: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Quelle
- Wiley
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Climate change impacts are becoming increasingly evident as 1 °C warming above pre-industrial temperatures is approached. One of the signature biological effects is a shift towards earlier-timed reproduction. If individual species lack sufficient adaptive plasticity to alter phenology, they will have reduced fitness in a hotter world. Yet, a long-term study of an oak-caterpillar-songbird-sparrowhawk food web reveals that what could matter as much is if trophic interactions are disrupted. Multiple selective pressures may be triggered by climate change, leading to a tug-of-war between the need to stay in synchrony with the timing of maximum food, and the benefits of minimizing predation.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0021-8790eISSN: 1365-2656DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01490.xTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_66806987
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Animal and plant ecology, Animal ecology, Animal, plant and microbial ecology, Animals, Biological and medical sciences, Caterpillars, Climate change, Climate change adaptation, Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change, Conservation biology, Earth, ocean, space, Ecological genetics, Ecology, Exact sciences and technology, External geophysics, Food Chain, Food chains, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, General aspects, Global warming, Greenhouse Effect, Human ecology, In Focus, Meteorology, Phenology, Predation, Synecology, Wildlife ecology