Timing outweighs magnitude of rainfall in shaping population dynamics of a small mammal species in steppe grassland [Population Biology]

Climate change–induced shifts in species phenology differ widely across trophic levels, which may lead to consumer–resource mismatches with cascading population and ecosystem consequences. Here, we examined the effects of different rainfall patterns (i.e., timing and amount) on the phenological asynchrony of population of a generalist herbivore and their food sources...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 14, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Guoliang Li, Xinrong Wan, Baofa Yin, Wanhong Wei, Xianglei Hou, Xin Zhang, Erdenetuya Batsuren, Jidong Zhao, Shuli Huang, Xiaoming Xu, Jing Liu, Yiran Song, Arpat Ozgul, Christopher R. Dickman, Guiming Wang, Charles J. Krebs, Zhibin Zhang Tags: Population Biology Biological Sciences Source Type: research