Insects and climate change
Journal Article
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· Bioscience; (United States)
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (United States)
In this article the author describes some of the significant late glacial and Holocene changes that occurred in the Rocky Mountains, including the regional extirpation of certain beetle species. The fossil data presented here summarize what is known about regional insect responses to climate change in terms of species stability and geographic distribution. To minimize potential problems of species interactions (i.e., insect-host plant relationships, host-parasite relationships, and other interactions that tie a particular insect species' distribution to that of another organism), only predators and scavengers are discussed. These insects respond most rapidly to environmental changes, because for the most part they are not tied to any particular type of vegetation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5606171
- Journal Information:
- Bioscience; (United States), Journal Name: Bioscience; (United States) Vol. 41:8; ISSN 0006-3568; ISSN BISNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CENOZOIC ERA
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COLEOPTERA
DISTRIBUTION
FOSSILS
GEOLOGIC AGES
HABITAT
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
MOUNTAINS
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
POPULATION DYNAMICS
PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS
QUATERNARY PERIOD
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
SENSITIVITY
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CENOZOIC ERA
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COLEOPTERA
DISTRIBUTION
FOSSILS
GEOLOGIC AGES
HABITAT
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
MOUNTAINS
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
POPULATION DYNAMICS
PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS
QUATERNARY PERIOD
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
SENSITIVITY
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION