Climatic anomalies may create a long-lasting ecological phase shift by altering the reproduction of a foundation species

Ecology. 2019 Dec;100(12):e02838. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2838. Epub 2019 Aug 30.

Authors

Stanislao Bevilacqua^{1

2}, Gilda Savonitto¹, Marina Lipizer³, Paolo Mancuso¹, Saul Ciriaco⁴, Marina Srijemsi¹, Annalisa Falace¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
² Conisma, Piazzale Flaminio 9, Roma, Italy.
³ OGS, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
⁴ WWF Marine Protected Area of Miramare, 34127, Trieste, Italy.

PMID: 31330045
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2838

No abstract available

Keywords: Cystoseira; Algal forests; Fucales; Mediterranean Sea; climate change; heat waves; phenology.

MeSH terms

Climate Change
Ecology*
Ecosystem
Forests*