Climate Change Does Double-whammy To Animals In Seasonal Environments
Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 23:28
in Biology & Nature
Plant-eating animals in highly seasonal environments, such as the Arctic, face two climate-related challenges in locating nutritious food. Not only are these animals now arriving at their breeding grounds after the plants there have passed their peak nutritional value (previously published) but now animals also are less able to find good food by moving to locations where plants had been available later in the season, prior to global warming.