High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures.
The response of body size to increasing temperature constitutes a universal response to climate change that could strongly affect terrestrial ectotherms, but the magnitude and direction of such responses remain unknown in most species. The metabolic cost of increased temperature could reduce body si...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt8mq3z4zt 2023-05-15T14:36:01+02:00 High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. Bowden, Joseph J Eskildsen, Anne Hansen, Rikke R Olsen, Kent Kurle, Carolyn M Høye, Toke T 20150574 - 20150574 2015-10-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mq3z4zt unknown eScholarship, University of California qt8mq3z4zt https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mq3z4zt public Biology letters, vol 11, iss 10 Animals Butterflies Body Size Temperature Seasons Greenland Arctic Regions Female Male Climate Change Wings Animal Lepidoptera insect terrestrial arthropod Evolutionary Biology Biological Sciences article 2015 ftcdlib 2020-01-24T23:54:08Z The response of body size to increasing temperature constitutes a universal response to climate change that could strongly affect terrestrial ectotherms, but the magnitude and direction of such responses remain unknown in most species. The metabolic cost of increased temperature could reduce body size but long growing seasons could also increase body size as was recently shown in an Arctic spider species. Here, we present the longest known time series on body size variation in two High-Arctic butterfly species: Boloria chariclea and Colias hecla. We measured wing length of nearly 4500 individuals collected annually between 1996 and 2013 from Zackenberg, Greenland and found that wing length significantly decreased at a similar rate in both species in response to warmer summers. Body size is strongly related to dispersal capacity and fecundity and our results suggest that these Arctic species could face severe challenges in response to ongoing rapid climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Greenland Zackenberg University of California: eScholarship Arctic Greenland |
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Animals Butterflies Body Size Temperature Seasons Greenland Arctic Regions Female Male Climate Change Wings Animal Lepidoptera insect terrestrial arthropod Evolutionary Biology Biological Sciences Bowden, Joseph J Eskildsen, Anne Hansen, Rikke R Olsen, Kent Kurle, Carolyn M Høye, Toke T High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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Animals Butterflies Body Size Temperature Seasons Greenland Arctic Regions Female Male Climate Change Wings Animal Lepidoptera insect terrestrial arthropod Evolutionary Biology Biological Sciences |
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The response of body size to increasing temperature constitutes a universal response to climate change that could strongly affect terrestrial ectotherms, but the magnitude and direction of such responses remain unknown in most species. The metabolic cost of increased temperature could reduce body size but long growing seasons could also increase body size as was recently shown in an Arctic spider species. Here, we present the longest known time series on body size variation in two High-Arctic butterfly species: Boloria chariclea and Colias hecla. We measured wing length of nearly 4500 individuals collected annually between 1996 and 2013 from Zackenberg, Greenland and found that wing length significantly decreased at a similar rate in both species in response to warmer summers. Body size is strongly related to dispersal capacity and fecundity and our results suggest that these Arctic species could face severe challenges in response to ongoing rapid climate change. |
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Bowden, Joseph J Eskildsen, Anne Hansen, Rikke R Olsen, Kent Kurle, Carolyn M Høye, Toke T |
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Bowden, Joseph J Eskildsen, Anne Hansen, Rikke R Olsen, Kent Kurle, Carolyn M Høye, Toke T |
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Bowden, Joseph J |
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High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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High-Arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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high-arctic butterflies become smaller with rising temperatures. |
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eScholarship, University of California |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Arctic Climate change Greenland Zackenberg |
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Arctic Climate change Greenland Zackenberg |
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Biology letters, vol 11, iss 10 |
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