Weather packages: finding the right scale and composition of climate in ecology

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: STENSETH, NILS CHR., MYSTERUD, ATLE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Hallet; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01005.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2656.2005.01005.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01005.x

Summary Animals are affected by local weather variables such as temperature, rainfall and snow. However, large‐scale climate indices such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) often outperform local weather variables when it comes to explain climate‐related variation in life history traits or anim...