Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

  • Callum J. Macgregor,
  • Chris D. Thomas,
  • David B. Roy,
  • Mark A. Beaumont,
  • James R. Bell,
  • Tom Brereton,
  • Jon R. Bridle,
  • Calvin Dytham,
  • Richard Fox,
  • Karl Gotthard,
  • Ary A. Hoffmann,
  • Geoff Martin,
  • Ian Middlebrook,
  • Sӧren Nylin,
  • Philip J. Platts,
  • Rita Rasteiro,
  • Ilik J. Saccheri,
  • Romain Villoutreix,
  • Christopher W. Wheat,
  • Jane K. Hill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12479-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Many species’ life cycles have moved earlier in the year because of climate change, but we do not know the consequences for range expansions. The authors show that these advances promote range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year, but not in species with only one.