Mismatch between birth date and vegetation phenology slows the demography of roe deer.

ABSTRACT: Marked impacts of climate change on biodiversity have frequently been demonstrated, including temperature-related shifts in phenology and life-history traits. One potential major impact of climate change is the modification of synchronization between the phenology of different trophic levels. High phenotypic plasticity in laying date has allowed many bird species to track the increasingly early springs resulting from recent environmental change, but although changes in the timing of reproduction have been well studied in birds, these questions have only recently been addressed in mammals. To track peak resource availability, large herbivores like roe deer, with a widespread distribution across Europe, should also modify their life-history schedule in response to changes in vegetation pheno

SUBMITTER: Plard F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3972086 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature