Hassall, C, Thompson, DJ, French, GC et al. (1 more author) (2007) Historical changes in the phenology of British Odonata are related to climate. Global Change Biology, 13 (5). 933 - 941 . ISSN 1354-1013
Abstract
Responses of biota to climate change take a number of forms including distributional shifts, behavioural changes and life history changes. This study examined an extensive set of biological records to investigate changes in the timing of life history transitions (specifically emergence) in British Odonata between 1960 and 2004. The results show that there has been a significant, consistent advance in phenology in the taxon as a whole over the period of warming that is mediated by life history traits. British odonates significantly advanced the leading edge (first quartile date) of the flight period by a mean of 1.51 ±0.060 (SEM, n=17) days per decade or 3.08±1.16 (SEM, n=17) days per degree rise in temperature when phylogeny is controlled for. This study represents the first review of changes in odonate phenology in relation to climate change. The results suggest that the damped temperature oscillations experienced by aquatic organisms compared with terrestrial organisms are sufficient to evoke phenological responses similar to those of purely terrestrial taxa.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2007, Blackwell. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Global Change Biology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2013 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2016 06:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01318.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Blackwell |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01318.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:74912 |