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Extracting Plant Phenology Metrics in a Great Basin Watershed: Methods and Considerations for Quantifying Phenophases in a Cold Desert

Sensors, 2016
Plant phenology is recognized as important for ecological dynamics. There has been a recent advent of phenology and camera networks worldwide. The established PhenoCam Network has sites in the United States, including the western states.
Keirith A. Snyder, Bryce L. Wehan, Gianluca Filippa, Justin L. Huntington, Tamzen K. Stringham, Devon K. Snyder   +5 more
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Flexible parental care in a songbird correlates with sex‐specific responses to seasonal phenology, mating opportunity and reproductive success

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This population‐comparative study reveals that male and female parents respond differently to social and ecological conditions. This sex‐specific responsive strategy is related to the incongruent parental care systems across populations in Chinese penduline tits.
Jia Zheng, Wenni Jiang, Hui Wang, Zhengwang Zhang, De Chen, Jan Komdeur   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought and growing season phenology over 35 years modulates species interactions among domestic and wild herbivores

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using a unique 35‐year dataset, this study shows that domestic livestock do not facilitate wild large herbivores as predicted by the grazing optimization hypothesis. Instead, competition caused avoidance of cattle by elk which intensified under drought, and highlights how climate change influences interactions among domestic and wild large herbivores ...
Joel Ruprecht, Tavis D. Forrester, Casey L. Brown, Lara F. Mengak, Michael J. Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Taal Levi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Multi‐year monitoring of the crevice‐nesting High Arctic seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle), across four colonies spanning distinct climatic regimes revealed that snowmelt timing is a key and consistent driver of breeding phenology. Earlier snowmelt advances access to nesting habitat, enabling birds to initiate reproduction sooner. These findings show
Martyna Syposz, Øystein Varpe, Sébastien Descamps, Jérôme Fort, David Grémillet, Ann Harding, Dariusz Jakubas, Dorota Kidawa, Nomikos Skyllas, Hallvard Strøm, Tom S. L. Versluijs, Katarzyna Wojczulanis‐Jakubas   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between Winter Snow Cover Dynamics, Climate and Spring Grassland Vegetation Phenology in Inner Mongolia, China

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
The onset date of spring phenology (SOS) is regarded as a key parameter for understanding and modeling vegetation–climate interactions. Inner Mongolia has a typical temperate grassland vegetation ecosystem, and has a rich snow cover during winter ...
Dejing Qiao, Nianqin Wang
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Identifying the exposure of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds to renewable energy development

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is globally threatened by human impacts, including land‐use transformation and climate change, which has prompted a rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) energy. However, utility‐scale PV plants require vast areas and can lead to conflicts with biodiversity conservation, making ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno, François Mougeot, Beatriz Arroyo, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Laura Maeso‐Pueyo, Carlos A. Martín, Manuel B. Morales, Pedro P. Olea, Juan Traba, Ana Benítez‐López   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of global change on the distribution of mountain mammals and birds

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change and land‐use changes are key drivers of global biodiversity loss. Many species are shifting to higher elevations or latitudes in response to global warming, often encountering unfavorable land‐use conditions during the shift. These changes can lead to reduced range size and increased extinction risks, particularly for mountain ...
Chiara Dragonetti, Wilfried Thuiller, Maya Guéguen, Julien Renaud, Piero Visconti, Moreno Di Marco   +5 more
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Greater sage‐grouse dynamics are influenced by winter temperature rather than indices of grazing, drought, and breeding season weather in a northern Great Plains population

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We evaluated the impacts of grazing, climatic variability, and vegetation productivity on the population dynamics of a northern Great Plains greater sage‐grouse population. We found winter temperature influenced annual population growth rates, but did not detect influences of drought, breeding season weather, vegetation productivity or short‐term ...
David Messmer, Kaitlyn Reintsma, Lorelle Berkeley, Jennifer Helm, Mark Szczypinski, Victoria Dreitz, Justin Gude   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low breeding propensity in a declining Arctic‐breeding swan revealed by telemetry data

Ibis, EarlyView.
Many migratory bird populations are declining in the face of habitat degradation and climate change, making it important to identify which stages of their annual cycle are most affected in order to guide conservation measures. The Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, an Arctic‐breeding waterfowl species, has suffered a dramatic population decline
Tohar Tal, Bart A. Nolet, Tom S.L. Versluijs, Judy Z. Shamoun‐Baranes, Götz Eichhorn, Sabine Urban, Hans Linssen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenological respones to snow snow removal dates in the Central Alps: implications for climate warming

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2006
Low temperatures and the short growing season in high altitude snow patches in temperate mountains constrain life cycles and reproduction of snowbed species. This leads to a highly adapted timing of sexual reproduction. Winter precipitation and temperature, the main factors determining growing season length, are predicted to change with global warming.
Hülber, Karl, Gottfried, Michael, Pauli, Harald, Reiter, Karl, Winkler, Manuela, Grabherr, Georg   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source