Dwindling Wind May Tip Predator-Prey Balance
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns may get the lion's share of our climate change attention, but predators may want to give some thought to wind, according to a University of Wisconsin Madison zoologist's study, which is among the first to demonstrate the way "global stilling" may alter predator-prey relationships.