Drifting Phenologies Cause Reduced Seasonality of Butterflies in Response to Increasing Temperatures.

ABSTRACT: Climate change has caused many ecological changes around the world. Altered phenology is among the most commonly observed effects of climate change, and the list of species interactions affected by altered phenology is growing. Although many studies on altered phenology focus on single species or on pairwise species interactions, most ecological communities are comprised of numerous, ecologically similar species within trophic groups. Using a 12-year butterfly monitoring citizen science data set, we aimed to assess the degree to which butterfly communities may be changing over time. Specifically, we wanted to assess the degree to which phenological sensitivities to temperature could affect temporal overlap among species within communities, independent of changes in abundance, species richn

SUBMITTER: Gezon ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317056 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature