Biodiversity loss shifts flowering phenology at same magnitude as global warming
Friday, March 24, 2017 - 19:31
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have revealed that declining plant diversity -- from habitat loss, human use, and other environmental pressures -- causes plants to flower earlier, and that the effects of diversity loss on the timing of flowering are similar in magnitude to the effects of global warming. The finding could have a powerful influence on the way scientists study ecosystem changes and measure the effects of global warming.