Concepts
8 concepts
climate change
Global temperature increase and associated changes in precipitation patterns and extreme weather affecting ecosystems worldwide
air temperature
climate change experiments
Manipulative experiments that alter abiotic conditions or reciprocally transplant individuals to understand and predict the effects of environmental change on biological communities and ecosystem func...
seasonal cycle
climate change projections
Future climate scenarios based on different greenhouse gas emission pathways, specifically RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios
CO2 fertilization
Enhanced plant growth due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations
body size-temperature rule
Higher temperatures shorten larval developmental period leading to smaller adults, where body size exhibits temperature-mediated variation
maximum temperature
Maximum temperature of warmest month, capturing seasonality in contrast to average annual temperatures