Voltinism and resilience to climate-induced phenological mismatch

Knell, Robert J.; Thackeray, Stephen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-2706. 2016 Voltinism and resilience to climate-induced phenological mismatch. Climatic Change, 137 (3). 525-539. 10.1007/s10584-016-1691-4

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1691-4

Abstract/Summary

Changes in the seasonal timing of recurring biological events are considered to be a major component of the global “fingerprint” of climate change. One effect of these changes is that ecologically important seasonal species interactions could become desynchronised as a result of these shifts (i.e. phenological mismatching), leading to reductions in fitness for some or all of the organisms concerned. One important, but unresolved, issue is the extent to which variations in voltinism (the number of generations a population of a species produces per year) may serve to exacerbate, or confer resilience to, the effects of seasonal shifts. Univoltine organisms (those with one generation per year) will always suffer the deleterious consequences of phenological mismatch, whereas multivoltine species are likely to experience at least some relief from these negative effects in generations that occur later in the season. Conversely, univoltine species will experience continual selection to adapt to changing seasonality, whereas multivoltine species will experience reduced or no selection during those generations that occur later in the season. Here, we present a new theoretical model to explore the population consequences of scenarios of changing seasonality and varying voltinism in clonal species. We find that organisms that undergo multiple generations per year show greater resilience to phenological mismatching in the spring and adapt better to changing seasonality, because of the recovery of population size and genetic diversity after each spring mismatching event. These results have clear implications for management and conservation of populations that are threatened by the effects of mismatch.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/s10584-016-1691-4
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Parr
ISSN:	0165-0009
Additional Keywords:	phenology, mismatch
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	12 May 2016 15:36 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513617

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/s10584-016-1691-4

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Parr

ISSN:

0165-0009

Additional Keywords:

phenology, mismatch

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment