NDLI: Alpine taxa exhibit differing responses to climate warming in the Snowy Mountains of Australia

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Author	Green, K.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The phenologies of plants and animals in snow-covered landscapes are expected to accelerate with global warming. However, there are few studies that have examined a range of unrelated taxa in alpine environments to determine whether there is commonality in the proximate causes, synchrony in timing, or the direction of any changes. Records for five alpine animal species and two alpine plant species, chosen primarily for their visibility, were examined to determine their temporal response to regional climate warming. Over the 30-year period studied, they showed an array of different phenological responses. Plant flowering appeared linked to date of snow melt, whereas animal responses varied. Although having accelerated phenologies, two migratory bird species exhibited contrary changes; one to low-altitude warming regardless of snow conditions in the alpine zone (flame robin) and the other to state of the snowpack regardless of low-altitude temperatures (Richard’s pipit). By contrast, the migratory bogong moth arrived significantly later over the years with no apparent explanatory climatic cause. Although bogong moths are not responding to earlier snow melt, insectivorous predators on the ground are. This could lead to a serious mismatch in timing at different trophic levels, putting pressure on endangered vertebrates. Emergence of locally wintering insect species, March flies and Macleay’s swallowtails, were not significantly related to measured climatic parameters over the study period. A consequence of the disparate responses to climate warming recorded here is the questionable value of ‘indicator species’ to examine the impact of climate warming on alpine ecosystems.
Starting Page	167
Ending Page	175
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16726316
Journal	Journal of Mountain Science
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	19930321
Language	English
Publisher	SP Science Press
Publisher Date	2010-05-19
Publisher Place	Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bogong moth Climate change Migration Mismatch Phenology Ecology Environment Geography (general) Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth-Surface Processes Geography, Planning and Development Geology Global and Planetary Change Nature and Landscape Conservation

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