Tracking the snow line: Responses to climate change by New Zealand alpine invertebrates

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: W. G. H. Chinn, T. J. H. Chinn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: alpine ecosystems; climate change; snow line elevation; invertebrate communities; weta; new zealand glaciers; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; New Zealand; Soi; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2020.1773033; https://doaj.org/article/e52ae035a82144aea80279cc28efaacd

We review and test an ecological paradigm that asserts that alpine invertebrate communities may shift upslope with climate warming. Our model couples the end of summer snow line (EOSS) elevation with invertebrate populations in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, using a forty-year data set, from fifty ind...