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Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities [1]

How will ecological communities change in response to climate warming? Direct effects of temperature and indirect cascading effects of species interactions are already altering the structure of local communities, but the dynamics of community change are still poorly understood. We explore the cumulative effects of warming on the dynamics and turnover of forest ant communities that were warmed as part of a 5-year climate manipulation experiment at two sites in eastern North America.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
26/10/2016
Sarah E. Diamond [3], Lauren M. Nichols [4], Shannon L. Pelini & et al [5]
Science Advances [6]
1-9
Tags:
Climate Change [7], Global Warming [8], Ecosystems [9], Climate Impacts [10], Insects [11], N C America [12]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/climatic-warming-destabilizes-forest-ant-communities
[2] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/2/10/e1600842.full.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sarah-e-diamond
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lauren-m-nichols
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shannon-l-pelini-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science-advances
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insects
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/n-c-america