Article
Locally-adapted reproductive photoperiodism determines population vulnerability to climate change in burying beetles.
Nature communications - 13 Mar 2020
Tsai Hsiang-Yu, Rubenstein Dustin R, Fan Yu-Meng, Yuan Tzu-Neng, Chen Bo-Fei, Tang Yezhong, Chen I-Ching, Shen Sheng-Feng
Abstract excerpt
Understanding how phenotypic traits vary among populations inhabiting different environments is critical for predicting a species' vulnerability to climate change. Yet, little is known about the key functional traits that determine the distribution of populations and the main mechanisms-phenotypic plasticity vs. local adaptation-underlying intraspecific functional trait variation. Using the Asian burying beetle...
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Asia
- Biological Evolution
- Climate Change
- Coleoptera
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Female
- Gardens
