Wetenschappelijk artikelMismatch-induced growth reductions in a clade of arctic-breeding shorebirds are rarely mitigated by increasing temperatures.

In seasonal environments subject to climate change, organisms typically show phenological changes. As these changes are usually stronger in organisms at lower trophic levels than those at higher trophic levels, mismatches between consumers and their prey may occur during the consumers’ reproduction period. While in some species a trophic mismatch induces reductions in offspring growth, this is not always the case. This variation may be caused by the relative strength of the mismatch, or by mitigating factors like increased temperature-reducing energetic costs.

Bron
Global Change Biology
Jaargang
2022
Aantal
28