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dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Carreras, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorReuman, Daniel C.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-15T17:30:27Z
dc.date.available2016-07-15T17:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-14
dc.identifier.citationGarcía-Carreras B, Reuman DC (2013) Are Changes in the Mean or Variability of Climate Signals More Important for Long-Term Stochastic Growth Rate? PLoS ONE 8(5): e63974. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063974en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/21115
dc.description.abstractPopulation dynamics are affected by changes in both the mean and standard deviation of climate, e.g., changes in average temperature are likely to affect populations, but so are changes in the strength of year-to-year temperature variability. The impacts of increases in average temperature are extensively researched, while the impacts of changes in climate variability are less studied. Is the greater attention given to changes in mean environment justified? To help answer this question we developed a simple population model, explicitly linked to an environmental process. We used the model to compare the sensitivities of a population’s long-term stochastic growth rate, a measure of fitness, to changes in the mean and standard deviation of the environment. Results are interpreted in light of a comparative analysis of the relative magnitudes of change in means and standard deviations of biologically relevant climate variables in the United States. Results show that changes in the variability of the environment can be more important for many populations. Changes in mean conditions are likely to have a greater impact than changes in variability on populations far from their ideal environment, for example, populations near species range boundaries and potentially of conservation concern. Populations near range centres and close to their ideal environment are more likely to be affected by changes in variability. Among pest and insect disease vectors, as well as species of commercial value, populations likely to be of greatest economic and public health significance are those near species range centers, living in a near-ideal environment for the species. Observed changes in the variability of climate variables may benefit these populations.en_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rights© 2013 García-Carreras, Reuman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
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dc.titleAre Changes in the Mean or Variability of Climate Signals More Important for Long-Term Stochastic Growth Rate?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorReuman, Daniel C.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0063974
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
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© 2013 García-Carreras, Reuman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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