[HTML][HTML] Winter Is (Not) Coming: Is Climate Change Helping Drosophila suzukii Overwintering?

S Sario, J Melo-Ferreira, C Santos - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Drosophila suzukii, also known as the spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), is a
polyphagous insect pest of soft-skinned small fruits. SWD, similar to other insects, is affected …

Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes

AR Contosta, KA Arndt, HM Baulch… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Globally, winter temperatures are rising, and snowpack is shrinking or disappearing entirely.
Despite previous research and published literature reviews, it remains unknown whether …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonality can affect ecological interactions between fishes of different thermal guilds

EJ Bloomfield, MM Guzzo, TA Middel… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seasonality could play a crucial role in structuring species interactions. For example, many
ectotherms alter their activity, habitat, and diet in response to seasonal temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Fish muscle mercury concentration and bioaccumulation fluctuate year-round-Insights from cyprinid and percid fishes in a humic boreal lake

AJ Piro, SJ Taipale, HM Laiho, ES Eerola… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Boreal lakes demonstrate pronounced seasonality, where the warm open-water season and
subsequent cold and ice-covered season dominate natural cycles. While fish muscle total …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic land uses influence stream dissolved organic matter quality more than decomposition rates and macroinvertebrate diversity

S Nolan, AA Frazao, JD Hosen, CM Febria - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
In the era of the Anthropocene, streams and rivers are among the most heavily impacted
ecosystems due to the influence of catchment land use on stream water quality and …

Spatial distribution of biodiversity citizen science in a natural area depends on area accessibility and differs from other recreational area use

CP Mandeville, EB Nilsen… - Ecological Solutions and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Opportunistic citizen science produces large amounts of primary biodiversity data but is
underutilized in the conservation and management of protected areas despite these areas' …

The biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in a changing world

AO Sutton, NE Freeman - Ornithology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The decision of when to breed is an important determinant of individual fitness. However,
despite a multitude of studies investigating the intraspecific relationship between timing of …

Lake ice from historical records to contemporary science

S Sharma, K Shchapov, J Culpepper… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lake ice phenology is a critical component of the cryosphere and a sensitive indicator of
climate change that has some of the longest records related to climate science. Records …

Germination response to winter temperature changes with seed shape and length of temperature exposure

LM Ladwig, JJ Henn, KA Stahlheber, SJ Meiners - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In many regions, the climate is changing faster during winter than during the other seasons,
and a loss of snow cover combined with increased temperature variability can expose …

Projecting climate change impacts on ice phenology across Midwestern and Northeastern United States lakes

K Blagrave, S Sharma - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Lakes are sensitive indicators of climate change as freshwater requires temperatures below
0° C to freeze. Here, we used 34-year records for 74 lakes distributed across the Midwestern …