Flowering times shift with loss of species from a grassland ecosystem
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 14:11
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have documented many cases in which the timing of seasonal events, such as the flowering of plants or the emergence of insects, is changing as a result of climate change. Now researchers studying a grassland ecosystem in California have discovered that reducing the number of species in the system can also cause a significant shift in when the remaining species flower.