The Missing Angle: Ecosystem Consequences of Phenological Mismatch

Karen H Beard; Katharine C Kelsey; A Joshua Leffler; Jeffrey M Welker

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.019

The Missing Angle: Ecosystem Consequences of Phenological Mismatch

Trends Ecol Evol. 2019 Oct;34(10):885-888. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.019. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

Authors

Karen H Beard¹, Katharine C Kelsey², A Joshua Leffler³, Jeffrey M Welker⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University and the Ecology Center, Logan, UT 84322-5230, USA. Electronic address: karen.beard@usu.edu.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska-Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
³ Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska-Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA; Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland and UArctic.

PMID: 31451305
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.019

Abstract

Climate change leads to unequal shifts in the phenology of interacting species, such as consumers and their resources, leading to potential phenological mismatches. While studies have investigated how phenological mismatch affects wild populations, we still lack studies and a framework for investigating how phenological mismatch affects ecosystems, particularly nutrient cycling.

Keywords: climate change; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem services; phenological asynchrony; trophic mismatch.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Ecosystem*
Seasons