ReviewEcology and evolution2019
Global climate change and invariable photoperiods: A mismatch that jeopardizes animal fitness.
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- Phenological divergence between plants and animals under climate change.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Longer days, larger grays: carryover effects of photoperiod and temperature in gray treefrogs,Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
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- Photoperiod effects in a freshwater community: Amphibian larvae develop faster and zooplankton abundance increases under an early-season photoperiod.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Applied winter biology: threats, conservation and management of biological resources during winter in cold climate regions.Conservation physiology · 2023Article
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- Physiological impacts of temperature variability and climate warming in hellbenders (Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Telling the Seasons Underground: The Circadian Clock and Ambient Temperature Shape Light Exposure and Photoperiodism in a Subterranean Rodent.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- The Role of Daylight for Humans: Gaps in Current Knowledge.Clocks & sleep · 2020Article
- Behavioral modifications by a large-northern herbivore to mitigate warming conditions.Movement ecology · 2020Article
- Global climate change and invariable photoperiods: A mismatch that jeopardizes animal fitness.Ecology and evolution · 2019Review
- Maternal investment and early thermal conditions affect performance and antipredator responses.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
The Earth's surface temperature is rising, and precipitation patterns throughout the Earth are changing; the source of these shifts is likely anthropogenic in nature. Alterations in temperature and precipitation have obvious direct and indirect effects on both plants and animals. Notably, changes in temperature and precipitation alone can have both advantageous and detrimental consequences depending on the species. Typically, production of offspring is timed to coincide with optimal food availability; thus, individuals of many species display annual rhythms of reproductive function. Because it requires substantial time to establish or re-establish reproductive function, individuals cannot depend on the arrival of seasonal food availability to begin breeding; thus, mechanisms have evolved in many plants and animals to monitor and respond to day length in order to anticipate seasonal changes in the environment. Over evolutionary time, there has been precise fine-tuning of critical photoperiod and onset/offset of seasonal adaptations. Climate change has provoked changes in the availability of insects and plants which shifts the timing of optimal reproduction. However, adaptations to the stable photoperiod may be insufficiently plastic to allow a shift in the seasonal timing of bird and mammal breeding. Coupled with the effects of light pollution which prevents these species from determining day length, climate change presents extreme evolutionary pressure that can result in severe deleterious consequences for individual species reproduction and survival. This review describes the effects of climate change on plants and animals, defines photoperiod and the physiological events it regulates, and addresses the consequences of global climate change and a stable photoperiod.
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