Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures.

ABSTRACT: Identifying patterns in the effects of temperature on species' population abundances could help develop a general framework for predicting the consequences of climate change across different communities and realms. We used long-term population time series data from terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species communities within central Europe to compare the effects of temperature on abundance across a broad range of taxonomic groups. We asked whether there was an average relationship between temperatures in different seasons and annual abundances of species in a community, and whether species attributes (temperature range of distribution, range size, habitat breadth, dispersal ability, body size, and lifespan) explained interspecific variation in the relationship between temperature and abu

SUBMITTER: Bowler DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5627194 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature