Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader
The considerable threats of invasive rodents to island biodiversity are likely to be compounded by climate change. Forecasts for such interactions have been most pronounced for the Southern Ocean islands where ameliorating conditions are expected to decrease thermal and resource restrictions on rode...
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ftenkore:wikidata-Q46278728 2023-05-15T13:48:25+02:00 Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader McClelland, Gregory T W Altwegg, Res Aarde, Rudi J Ferreira, Sam Burger, Alan E Chown, Steven L. 2017-12-21 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46278728 https://doi.org/10.1002/EAP.1642 en eng Wiley http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46278728 doi:10.1002/EAP.1642 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor theme:invasion impact climate change invasion impact journal article 2017 ftenkore https://doi.org/10.1002/EAP.1642 2023-02-26T06:46:44Z The considerable threats of invasive rodents to island biodiversity are likely to be compounded by climate change. Forecasts for such interactions have been most pronounced for the Southern Ocean islands where ameliorating conditions are expected to decrease thermal and resource restrictions on rodents. Firm evidence for changing rodent populations in response to climate change, and demonstrations of associated impacts on the terrestrial environment, are nonetheless entirely absent for the region. Using data collected over three decades on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, we tested empirically whether mouse populations have changed through time and whether these changes can be associated significantly with changing abiotic conditions. Changes in invertebrate populations, which have previously been attributed to mouse predation, but with little explicit demographic analysis, were also examined to determine whether they can be associated with changing mouse populations. The total number of mice on the island at annual peak density increased by 430.0% between 1979-1980 and 2008-2011. This increase was due to an advanced breeding season, which was robustly related to the number of precipitation-free days during the non-breeding season. Mice directly reduced invertebrate densities, with biomass losses of up to two orders of magnitude in some habitats. Such invertebrate declines are expected to have significant consequences for ecosystem processes over the long term. Our results demonstrate that as climate change continues to create ameliorating conditions for invasive rodents on sub-Antarctic islands, the severity of their impacts will increase. They also emphasize the importance of rodent eradication for the restoration of invaded islands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Marion Island Southern Ocean enKORE project Antarctic Southern Ocean Ecological Applications 28 1 212 224 |
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The considerable threats of invasive rodents to island biodiversity are likely to be compounded by climate change. Forecasts for such interactions have been most pronounced for the Southern Ocean islands where ameliorating conditions are expected to decrease thermal and resource restrictions on rodents. Firm evidence for changing rodent populations in response to climate change, and demonstrations of associated impacts on the terrestrial environment, are nonetheless entirely absent for the region. Using data collected over three decades on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, we tested empirically whether mouse populations have changed through time and whether these changes can be associated significantly with changing abiotic conditions. Changes in invertebrate populations, which have previously been attributed to mouse predation, but with little explicit demographic analysis, were also examined to determine whether they can be associated with changing mouse populations. The total number of mice on the island at annual peak density increased by 430.0% between 1979-1980 and 2008-2011. This increase was due to an advanced breeding season, which was robustly related to the number of precipitation-free days during the non-breeding season. Mice directly reduced invertebrate densities, with biomass losses of up to two orders of magnitude in some habitats. Such invertebrate declines are expected to have significant consequences for ecosystem processes over the long term. Our results demonstrate that as climate change continues to create ameliorating conditions for invasive rodents on sub-Antarctic islands, the severity of their impacts will increase. They also emphasize the importance of rodent eradication for the restoration of invaded islands. |
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McClelland, Gregory T W Altwegg, Res Aarde, Rudi J Ferreira, Sam Burger, Alan E Chown, Steven L. |
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McClelland, Gregory T W Altwegg, Res Aarde, Rudi J Ferreira, Sam Burger, Alan E Chown, Steven L. |
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Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader |
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