Climate change creates nutritional phenological mismatches

Cornelia W Twining; J Ryan Shipley; Blake Matthews

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.009

Climate change creates nutritional phenological mismatches

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Sep;37(9):736-739. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.009. Epub 2022 Jul 7.

Authors

Cornelia W Twining¹, J Ryan Shipley², Blake Matthews²

Affiliations

¹ Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Seestrasse 79, CH-6057 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Seestrasse 79, CH-6057 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.

PMID: 35811171
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.009

Abstract

Climate change is creating phenological mismatches between consumers and their resources. However, while the importance of nutritional quality in ecological interactions is widely appreciated, most studies of phenological mismatch focus on energy content alone. We argue that mismatches in terms of phenology and nutrition will increase with climate change.

Keywords: animals; climate change; mismatch; nutrition; phenology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate Change*
Ecosystem*
Seasons
Temperature