Chillingham cattle cowed by climate change
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Spring flowers are opening sooner and songbirds breeding earlier in the year, but scientists know little about how climate change is affecting phenology the timing of key biological events in UK mammals. Now, a new study on Northumberland's iconic Chillingham cattle published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology shows climate change is altering when these animals breed, and fewer calves are surviving as a result.