The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Amy Iler on “Climate-induced shifts in flowering phenology: implications for population dynamics and species interactions” on Friday, Dec. 11, at 12:20 p.m. in Porter 104.
Dr. Amy Iler
Iler is a Junior Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Abstract: Earlier phenology–the timing of biological events–is a hallmark of anthropogenic climate change in temperate regions across the globe. Organisms are experiencing new environments as they adjust their timing to a changing climate. These new environments can include harsh abiotic conditions, such as frost damage to developing flower buds, and shifted species interactions, such as those between plants and pollinators. I use long-term ecological data sets from the Colorado Rocky Mountains and demographic modeling to examine the consequences of altered biological timing under climate change. This approach sheds light on mechanisms by which climate-induced shifts in phenology can affect population dynamics and reshape species interactions.
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