The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology
1. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) exerts considerable control on U.K. weather. This study investigates the impact of the NAO on butterfly abundance and phenology using 34 years of data from the U.K. Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). 2. The study uses a multi-species indicator to show that t...
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ftbirkbeckcoll:oai:eprints.bbk.ac.uk.oai2:19610 2023-05-15T17:29:58+02:00 The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology Westgarth-Smith, Angus Roy, D.B. Scholze, M. Tucker, A. Sumpter, J.P. 2012-06 text https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19610/ https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19610/1/19610.pdf https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01359.x en eng wiley https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19610/1/19610.pdf Westgarth-Smith, Angus and Roy, D.B. and Scholze, M. and Tucker, A. and Sumpter, J.P. (2012) The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology. Ecological Entomology 37 (3), pp. 221-232. ISSN 0307-6946. cc_by_4 CC-BY Biological Sciences Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftbirkbeckcoll https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01359.x 2022-01-09T09:01:05Z 1. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) exerts considerable control on U.K. weather. This study investigates the impact of the NAO on butterfly abundance and phenology using 34 years of data from the U.K. Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). 2. The study uses a multi-species indicator to show that the NAO does not affect overall U.K. butterfly population size. However, the abundance of bivoltine butterfly species, which have longer flight seasons, were found to be more likely to respond positively to the NAO compared with univoltine species, which show little or a negative response. 3. A positive winter NAO index is associated with warmer weather and earlier flight dates for Anthocharis cardamines (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Melanargia galathea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Aphantopus hyperantus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Pyronia tithonus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Lasiommata megera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). In bivoltine species, the NAO affects the phenology of the first generation, the timing of which indirectly controls the timing of the second generation. 4. The NAO influences the timing of U.K. butterfly flight seasons more strongly than it influences population size. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online (Birkbeck University of London) Ecological Entomology 37 3 221 232 |
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1. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) exerts considerable control on U.K. weather. This study investigates the impact of the NAO on butterfly abundance and phenology using 34 years of data from the U.K. Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). 2. The study uses a multi-species indicator to show that the NAO does not affect overall U.K. butterfly population size. However, the abundance of bivoltine butterfly species, which have longer flight seasons, were found to be more likely to respond positively to the NAO compared with univoltine species, which show little or a negative response. 3. A positive winter NAO index is associated with warmer weather and earlier flight dates for Anthocharis cardamines (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Melanargia galathea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Aphantopus hyperantus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Pyronia tithonus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Lasiommata megera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). In bivoltine species, the NAO affects the phenology of the first generation, the timing of which indirectly controls the timing of the second generation. 4. The NAO influences the timing of U.K. butterfly flight seasons more strongly than it influences population size. |
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The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology |
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The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology |
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The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology |
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The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology |
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The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in controlling U.K. butterfly population size and phenology |
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role of the north atlantic oscillation in controlling u.k. butterfly population size and phenology |
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