Trophic interactions in a changing climate: expanding on the match-mismatch hypothesis

Jeff Kerby, Penn State

April 8, 2010 @ 01:20 pm to 02:10 pm

10 Tyson

Species interactions, like predation, competition, and mutualism, hold together ecological communities, making them more than haphazard sum of individual species._ Climate change can influence the nature of these interactions by causing uneven range shifts or changes in phenology of interacting species._ The match-mismatch hypothesis provides a basic framework to study the indirect effects of climate change on trophic interactions._ I will introduce and discuss the development of the match-mismatch hypothesis with a literature review, and conclude by offering my perspective on novel applications of the match-mismatch hypothesis to future climate ecology research.

Contact

Kristen Granger
klg297@psu.edu