Living in synchrony on Greenland coasts?
Theory indicates that correlated weather may synchronize populations1, but the extent to which this holds for non-identical, nonlinear systems is uncertain. Post and Forchhammer2 claim to have shown climate-induced synchrony for musk oxen and caribou that are separated by the Greenland ice sheet. Ho...
Published in: | Nature |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Nature Publishing Group
2004
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/103649 https://doi.org/10.1038/427697a |
Summary: | Theory indicates that correlated weather may synchronize populations1, but the extent to which this holds for non-identical, nonlinear systems is uncertain. Post and Forchhammer2 claim to have shown climate-induced synchrony for musk oxen and caribou that are separated by the Greenland ice sheet. However, logical and mathematical errors undermine their finding. Whether or not large-scale weather can be a major synchronizing factor across species remains an open question. (Journal) Peer Reviewed |
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